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"Hmmm," Jimmy said, leaning down over the gravel driveway.

Everyone had gone to the warehouse, following Jimmy's idea to see the scene of the crime.

But, as Amy had predicted, something didn't add up.

Chapter 8

"What is it Jimmy?" Serena asked, looking where he was. She didn't see anything of importance.

"It's gas," he said, referring to the wet spot on the ground.

"...So?" she asked, not seeing the importance in it.

"Gas tanks don't usually break, Miss Serena," Mitch informed. "Not only that but the gas isn't just around this area,"

"Jimmy!" Amy yelled. "I found something!"

Jimmy ran over to her. She happened to be in a dumpster next to the adjacent uilding.

"Amy! What are you doing in there!"

"I found a motorcycle in here!" she called.

"...What?"

Indeed she had found a motorcycle.

"Oh my god. That's Harley's bike," Kazuha gasped.

"The trail of gas leads to here," George said, indicating the ground.

"But the trail also extends over here," Mitch said. "Away from where Jimmy said Harley parked when they first arrived,"

"Why would there be gas over there too?" Jimmy thought aloud. "Unless..." he went back to the original spot.

"Got anything, Jimmy?" Serena asked curiously.

"It's just as I thought," he said. "Around the area where the bike was, the gas splattered. As if something heavy dropped into it,"

"Like a bike?" Kazuha asked.

"Or a person... Look, Kazuha. There are no traces of gas anywhere on the bike other than the gas tank. That means that it wasn't the bike that fell into the puddle. It had to have been something else. The BO wouldn't bother moving anything other than a person if it was dropped in there,"

"So your saying they have Harley?" Kazuha asked, worried.

"And Rachel was unconscious so..."

They all knew what he meant. Of they had Harley, they had to have Rachel.

"Look Kudo!" Sherry called, pointing to the building. "The other trail of gas goes in here! They could have dragged Harley or Rachel inside the building!"

Jimmy, Sherry, Kazuha, Serena and the rest all entered the building, following the ever-decreasing trail of gasoline.

"It stops here," Mitch said, as they neared the end of the trail. "Meaning that they either picked up their load, or left it here. And since it's not here then they must have taken Harley and Rachel somewhere else,"

"That's not the only thing that worries me," Jimmy said, glancing around. "You two said that you dropped your clothes here when Conan found you out. Where did you drop them?"

"Over ther-" Kazuha stopped abruptly when she found that there was nothing in the spot where she was pointing. "Serena?" she asked nervously. "We did drop them over there... right?"

"...Yeah, we did," Serena answered, just as nervous.

Jimmy walked over to the spot they were pointing at and knelt. Not finding anything imparticular, he turned to the girls again. "Did either of you have something in or on your clothing that may have been... valuable?"

"I don't know," Serena answered.

"I don't think so," Kazuha suppported. "Rachel just gave us the hats, glasses and over coats. And then she gave me... oh god,"

"What?" Jimmy asked earnestly. "She gave you what?"

"She gave me that... camera,"

"Oh no," Serena said, not liking where this was going.

"There was a camera! You mean you caught the whole ordeal on tape!" Jimmy shouted, more than anxious.

"Rachel wanted it. Just in case Conan knocked her out, which you did by the way," Kazuha said. "So that she would still be able to see you-" she cut off, realizing that she had an audience.

"Ummm," Amy ventured. "I'm lost,"

"Me too," Mitch agreed.

"What's going on?" George asked.

Jimmy put a hand to his forehead, realising that in just a few minutes, his whole alibi as Conan was unraveled. And now everyone was in serious danger. 'Wait! The kids! The BO doesn't know about them yet! There's still time to get them out!'

"Amy, George, Mitch. You have to go,"

"But Jimmy-"

"Now!" he shouted, afraid of getting them into more danger than they were already in.

All three turned and fled at his shout.

"Jimmy, you didn't have to yell," Kazuha said.

"Yeah," Serena agreed. "You scared the little runts,"

"Yeah, well at least they may still have a chance of surviving," Jimmy replied to their statements, shutting them up. "They weren't caught on tape with a teen-turned-boy while he confessed right in front of two imposters whos names were clearly stated in the video stream,"

Kazuha and Serena both looked at the ground, somewhat ashamed.

"You'd better go too, Ai," Jimmy said, forgetting all formalities.

"Kudo, no matter what you say, I still know more than you about the BO. And I haven't been caught on tape either. They don't know I'm coming. And you enlisted my help even before you knew the danger. I'm not backing out now,"

"But they scare you to death, Ai,"

"Let's just say I feel guilty for yours and Rachel's predicament. And I'm trying to make things right,"

"So what now?" Kazuha asked, breaking the silence.

"We make a plan," Jimmy answered.

Rachel and Harley were roughly thrown into the same concrete room as they were held in last time. The body of Whiskey had been removed and both teens had a sinking feeling in their stomach.

'We were this close to getting out of here!' Harley thought, miserably. Now, most likely, security would be tightened and they'd stand no chance of escape. Ever. 'I'll never see Kudo... or Kazuha... again,'

'We gotta get outta here! We've just got to!' Rachel thought dimly. 'I have to see Serena and Kazuha and my dad! And... Jimmy,even if he is a seven year old,'

Rachel and Harley spent a few minutes in silence in the cramped space of the cell, each lost in their own thoughts.

"We almost made it," Harley said monotonously, staring into space.

"Yeah," Rachel agreed, just as out of it.

"Do you think they'll come looking for us?" Rachel asked.

"Ha! Will they look? Of course they'll look, Neechan!... They just won't find anything... They'll probably even bring the police and your dad into this... but I don't hold much hope," he finished depressingly.

"Oh... What do you think they'll do to us, Harley?"

"I don't know, Rach. Kudo said that they wouldn't hesitate to kill us, so that's probably what they intend on doing in the end. As for now, they'll probably try to get information out of us, see if we can tell them anything useful. Who knows what they'll do..."

This returned them to awkward silence.

The teens took turns checking the rooms of the warehouse. Not finding anything important, they slumped down in the front hall.

"We need to establish location," Jimmy said. "Where would they go?"

"Uh, Kudo," Sherry brought up. "If they haven't changed clothes, or even if they brought the clothes with them, then we still have a tracker on them,"

Jimmy's eyes lightened with realization. "Sherry, you're a genius," he said.

She blushed and said, "I know,"

Kazuha and Serena looked at her slyly.

"Let's get to Dr. Agasa's house!" Jimmy shouted.

Minutes later, they were back at the Doc's house.

Needless to say, Dr. Agasa was quite astonished at seeing them there.

He was even more astonished when Jimmy and Sherry whizzed by him to get to Ai's computer.

"Let's see," Sherry said, her fingers dancing along the keyboard at a mile a minute. "Here we go... the coordinates of the tracker point here," she said, pointing a finger at the screen where the blinking dot was...blinking.

"That's not even in Tokyo," Jimmy said. The dot was at the outer rings of the screen, indicating that it was almost twenty miles away, and that if the men went any furthur outward, they'd lose them.

Kazuha and Serena began pulling out maps from off the bookshelves.

"Can you tell if they're in transit?" Jimmy asked Sherry.

"From these readings," she said, pulling out a piece of paper from the printer, "These guys have been there a long time,"

"Good. So that's where we'll find them,"

"But-" Sherry said, always the realistic one, "They could have dumped their clothes in some alleyway if they found the tracker in them. We may be at a dead end,"

This disheartened everyone.

"Hey," Serena said, looking at her map. "The coordinates end here," she said, pointing to a crossection of a city.

"It's another warehouse," Kazuha said, looking at the map closely.

"This is Urawa," Jimmy said. "Serena, doesn't your dad-"

"Have a closed warehouse in Urawa? Yes," she finished for him.

"Erm- Serena? You don't think your dad-"

"No," Serena flat-out refused.

"You can't deny that it's suspicious," Jimmy said. "The BO hiding out in two of your dad's abandoned warehouses,"

"I don't think he has anything to do with this. My father is a respectable man. You can ask anyone,"

"Serena, your father isn't the most honest person in the world," Jimmy reminded her. "Hostile corporate takeovers are part of his background, and you never know how many shady-"

"Stop it right there, Jimmy Kudo!" Serena shouted. "No more about my father," she stated in a tone that was not to be broken.

"Right," he said.

"So... what now?" Kazuha asked.

"Well," Jimmy said, thinking. Then his face lit up. "This could turn out to be a blessing, this being in your father 's building. He must have blueprints somewhere, right?"

Kazuha, Jimmy, and Sherry all smiled at Serena.

"What?" she asked, dumbly.

TBC!

I may get another one up later, I dunno. Kinda a short chappie anyway. I needed it to be.

Next Chapter: Plans and outcomes... the syndicates plans for Rachel

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