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How are you doing?

I hope you are doing good.

In the last part of Chapter3 Part A…: Lilo had find out about Ali's Main job and side job. Akai had found Lilo and followed her without letting her know about being behind her. Lilo had met Shiho on her way out.

If you want to know what happened next, let me show the disclaimer then let's keep going…. all good? …. all good ..Awesome!...

-DISCLAIMER: -I don't own DC (Detective Conan) it's owned by Aoyama Gosho. Only the OC Characters some of the story parts are by me.

WARNING: (It may contain blood, torture, and creepy senses may not be suitable for some readers.)

And now Let's start with Chapter No.3 - Part B -!


Chapter No.3 -Part B – The frightened Teenager


*Lilo (Layan) and Shiho in the suburbs*

Date: 2-November-20XX

Time: 3:46

Location: New York City. - The suburb's Hallway-.

"You're lying."

"E-Eh?" Shiho Looked at Lilo surprised.

"I can see the lie in your eyes and…" Said Lilo clenching the torch harder.

"You scared of something or someone, …am I right?" Finished Lilo and Shiho saw Lilo's amber eyes were bright in the dark.

"How...?"

"You were acting like someone who was about to get kidnapped or…." Lilo was telling her the reasons that she knows and experienced it by herself. The reasons that she went through to act like that. "No, that's not what I meant." Said Shiho not letting Lilo finish her sentence. "Then what?" Lilo was waiting for her to answer. Shiho opened her mouth to talk but then closed it and looked to the ground.

"Are you depressed or something?"

"…." Shiho didn't answer, she stayed quiet instead. Lilo tried to think about the common reason for being upset especially at this age. Which means her age. She suddenly remembered what Shiho asked her several seconds ago. She made a facepalm and thought "O…...how I totally forgot that?"

"You are being bullied at school." She looked at Lilo. Shiho didn't know how does she look like despite the slight light coming from the outside, but she could see Lilo's amber eyes were for some reason bright.

"Am I right?"

"…." She didn't respond.

"I hope she doesn't find out because if she did, they will…" With that thought, Shiho's eyes darkened, and looked down.

"Well, I will give you my advice if you don't mind…. Don't listen to what they say- I mean the bullies-. Don't let their poisonous words affect the way of your think about life. They only bully you because they are jealous of you. Keep improving yourself even in this hard time. The more you succeed in anything- in your life, in your study, etc.…-, the more they get jealous. Ignore them and defend yourself if needed. Stay strong and don't give up …." Lilo was about to finish talking but stopped when saw Shiho fall on her knees.

"M-Miyano! Are you ok?" Lilo ignored her pain as she bent one of her knees and lowered at Shiho's level to check on her.

"Yeah,…I'm fine."

"Don't scare me like that." She sighed and stands up. "Come on, let me help you." She walked and grabs a wooden stick to help Shiho get up. "N-No, it's ok…I can get up myself." She stands up and followed Lilo. Lilo was wondering what made Shiho fall all of sudden, while Shiho was in deep thought.

*Flashback*

"Hello, Shiho-Chan…How are you?" Said Akemi Through the phone. The Black Organization – for some reason- agreed to let Akemi talk to Shiho only once every six months. (W.N.: At least they let them talk to each other.)

"Hi… Nee-chan. I am fine. What about you?"

"I am doing great."

"Thank goodness."

"How is your school? Did you make any friends? Tell me…I miss talking to you."

"I miss talking to you too. My school is good, and friends…" Shiho trailed off when she came to the 'friends' part. She doesn't have any, or she didn't even try to do one. She already saw how did they treat her.

"Shiho-Chan are you there?" Asked Akemi with a worried tune in her voice.

"Heh? Ah…Y-Yes I am."

"Are you ok?"

"Yes. I am fine."

"Ah, you didn't tell me. Did you make friends?"

"N-no I didn't."

"O…Is that so…. Why don't you make one then?" Shiho was surprised by what she heard from her sister. Because Shiho is known she is unsocial.

"Why?" She heard Akemi chuckle on the other line.

"What do you mean by why? Because it makes you feel better and out of stress, and most of all it makes you...happy …and many other reasons…"

"I- I don't know. I don't think it's a good idea."

"Why not? It will make you feel better than before. All you have to do is to give it a try…..." Shiho didn't remember the rest because she had been cut off in the middle of …her dream?

*End of Flashback*

"Miyano…Hey Miyano …answer me…Miyano!" Lilo was trying to wake Shiho up because she had fallen to her knees again and went unconscious.

"Eh? …Huh? ...w-what happened?" Asked Miyano as she put her at her head.

"You had fallen to your knees again. Are you sure that you are ok?"

"Y-Yeah I am fine. I just remembered something."

"Ok…We better get out of here fast." She waited for Shiho to stand up. Then, they both continued to walk in silence until they were both almost out of the suburb. Lilo turned the torch off and narrowed her eyes as soon as they became closer to the exit.

"O…. By the way …. Miyano…." Shiho looked at Lilo. She was amazed when she saw Lilo's features. At first, she couldn't see her face due to the darkness in the suburb-only Lilo's clothes-, but now she can see what Lilo looks like. Lilo's eyes irises were bright amber with some bruises and a small wound on her face. Lilo knows a lot of things despite her childish face. Her hair was a black ponytail but a bit messy. The clothes she wore were bigger than her size. She wore a…Huge black manto, but Shiho thought that it is a usual long black coat since she doesn't know what manto is.

"It's ok to tell me…Like I said ...there is no need to be shy about it…." Said Lilo as they were almost out of the suburbs.

She was trying to help Shiho. She doesn't like to see someone depressed or upset.

"Lilo."

"Yes?"

"Thank you for trying to help me out of this place." When Lilo heard that she felt happy from the inside. At least she did something to cheer her up. To make her at least smile.

"Any time, My Friend." Said Lilo and gave her a grin. Shiho was surprised by Lilo's answer.

"F-friend?"

"Yeah, We are friends, Aren't we?" Shiho didn't expect that. She remembered her sister's words. "Give it a try."

"Yes …We are." Said Shiho with a smile. The city's light became brighter.

"Marvelous!" Said Lilo with joy and they finally step out of the suburb and face the giant city.

The city was so dazzling. People were walking here and there most of them holding their smartphones. Lilo narrowed her eyes and rubbed them. Shiho saw Lilo rubbing her eyes very hard.

"Lilo?… Are you ok?"

"Y-yeah, it's…. just the light brightness hurting my eyes because I …. haven't seen the light for quite a while."

"Can I ask how long?"

"It's like 4 or 5 days with their nights." She stopped rubbing them and blinked. Her eyeball became red.

"It's… quite… long…."

"Yeah, I know, but thank goodness it's over with no harm." Said Lilo as she looked at the city.

"With no harm. Huh?" Thought Shiho as she looked at Lilo's blood-lined bandaged hand. She remembered what Watt-1000 said before she talks to Lilo.

##Says the one who was beaten so badly and barely survived the aimed rocket at her. Not to mention the thick clothes with some of your own blood. You were lucky that you get out of this massacre. Otherwise, you would be DEAD. ##

"Wow…, So this is New York City? It's so huge!"

"Yeah, you could say so…Tell me. Is it the first time you see this place?"

"Yes, it is." Said Lilo looking at the tall buildings and the huge screens. Lilo noticed some of the Ads were showing people wearing clothes she saw for the first time. The clothes were weird and showed it as 'the latest fashion'. She instantly covers her eyes and looked to the ground.

"What's wrong?" Asked Shiho wondering what was wrong with Lilo's behavior.

"The Ads are showing clothes that are not modest."

"Why? What's wrong with it? I don't see any trouble with it."

"You don't but I do. I am not used to see these types of clothes in my motherland."

"Ah, is that so?" She said Looking at the Ads.

"Well…I don't blame you." Said Shiho.

"I totally forgot that Lilo is from The Middle East." Thought Shiho wondering if this is really the latest fashion.

Lilo checked Watt-1000's screen to know the time and the battery level. W-1000's screen was Showing the time at 3:50 while the battery level was at 4%. Lilo was surprised. "It's only have been like 16 minutes, and it's lowered to this rate so fast? Maybe because of his broken screen. If only I have the required tool to fix it…..." Thought Lilo and saw something written on Watt-1000's screen. It was written 'Check Ali's Bandage and stay quiet.' on the screen.

"شارة أخوي؟ هي هون."

Tr:" My brother's bandage? It's right here."She thought and checked the manto's pocket from the inside out. She paled when she didn't find it.

"Oh, trouble. Where did I leave it?" Lilo said and looked back to the suburbs. Shiho noticed Lilo was looking for something.

"What's wrong?"

"I lost something important that belongs to someone I know."

"Who?"

"My brother." She said and pulled the flashlight walking back to the suburbs.

"Wait…Where are you going?"

"I am going back to find it. You stay here. I won't be late." Not giving Shiho time to talk. She gets inside the suburbs so fast leaving the red-haired girl with question marks around her head.

XXX

Lilo was walking in the suburbs again looking right and left until she found Ali's bandage. It was in the place where Shiho had fallen on her knees. This means that it's not that far from the exit.

"ممتاز. لقيتك."

Tr: "Perfect. I found you."She said and picked it up. She Checked if the bandage was scratched or something else. Luckily, the bandage was in a good shape, and there is no scratch. She sighed in relief and put it in the manto's insider pocket this time. Lilo heard the watch beeping for the third time and she began getting irritated.

"I just want to know something...Why are you using this beep sound?! It's really annoying."

##Because It's The Only Sound I Have …. O…. Wait …I Have Another One. Wanna Turn It On? ## Said W-1000 while searching in his system.

"I agree as long as it won't make me jump." Said Lilo and he turned it on. It was Nokia ringtone but the Arabic version. Lilo gave him a dotted look and blinked.

##What?##

"You kidding me, right?"

##No, I Am Not.## She put her hand at her face and chuckled. Then she laughed.

##W…What's So Funny?## Watt-1000 raised his eyebrow as he asked her.

"…A modern device…No…An electronic watch with an A.I. ...and you use this ringtone? I mean seriously. It's the oldest ringtone… Hehehe…you really need to be fixed."

##How About Returning The O-old Ring-tone?## He said and searched in his system again.

"Ah…. No…no… anything else other than the old one." She said and Watt-1000 stopped searching.

"Why you didn't talk when Miyano was here? She is my friend."

##Because No-obody Must Know A-about Me….## Lilo noticed that the Watt-1000's voice was discontinuous. She was about to ask him but his screen suddenly shifted to a red-colored panel. The panel was a notifying message showing the battery level at 1%.

"What?! It was 6% a minute ago!?"

##There Is No-o Ti-ime To Talk-k …. Lis-sten… Go Outside-de, And Wa-ait For Ali's Frie-ends To-To Come. Ru-un If You felt Th-hat some-one Cha-asing Yo-ou, An- *POWER OFF*##

"And what? ...Hey! Don't shut down! Not now! I need your help! Hey!" Watt-1000 Has Shut down in the middle of his talk because his battery had completely run out of power. Lilo panicked and tried to turn it on with tears in her eyes. She knows that it's a stupid idea but Watt-1000 was the main guide to her since she is new to this place, and doesn't know anything about it.

"Oh no…What should I do? Oh yes, I should do what he told me to." She wiped her tears and began walking back to the exit but then stopped again.

"...But…. What if…..." She didn't even notice that there was someone behind her due to the self-talk she usually does.

"Hey, Kid." Lilo Jumped at the sudden cold and harsh voice -in Lilo's description-. The voice was from the dark side of the suburb. She could tell that the voice is exactly behind her back. She slowly turned her head with her trembling hand holding the electronic flashlight. She directed the light at the source of the voice. The light came at Akai who was staring at her.

"What are you doing at this time of night? Aren't you supposed to be with your family?" She didn't answer at all. He saw her opening her mouth to talk but then shut it. Her legs were slightly trembling as she took a step back slowly but falls to her back. She gasped in pain but tried to ignore it. She gets up so fast while tightening her grasp at the manto. She looked at his eyes in fear.

"I thought Ali was hallucinating when he said that in the hospital. She is really had been tortured. Her scared eyes tell everything. I need to be careful when I talk to her." Akai, On the other hand, was only looking at her. He felt bad for her.

"مين هادا؟ هل هو واحد من أتباع هداك تاجر المخدرات المجنون؟ أو يمكن خاطف الأطفال بنيويورك؟؟؟...آه.."

Tr:" Who is he? Is he a follower of that crazy drug dealer? Or maybe the Kids kidnapper in New York? ...ugh ..." Lilo thought then her eyes became vaporous and her head hurt again. She put her hand at her head and rubbed her eyes with the other hand. Then looked again at Akai who slowly walked to her. To Lilo's vision, she didn't see Akai who was walking to her. She saw instead one of the drug dealer's assistants, holding a knout in his full tattooed right hand and the other one a rope. With a creepy look and wide grin, like a psychopath. She was trying to hold her fear for quite long, but couldn't last long or hide it anymore.

"…. You must go to the hospital. You're badly injured…... Kid?" He was talking but stopped when he saw her trembling and took two steps back.

"ب...بعد عني."

Tr: "S…. Stay away from me."She didn't trust anyone anymore. Not after what happened to her.

"What are you saying? Can't you speak English? Or Japanese?" Lilo Knows what he is saying but couldn't talk due to the fear that overcome her all of sudden. The reason was quite obvious. Lilo was hallucinating. She shakes her head trying to concentrate and blinked again. Akai noticed that her breath became faster.

"Young one …...calm down…. I didn't come here to harm you. I want to help you. Your bother had sent me to check on you." Akai was trying to calm her down but Lilo wasn't listening. She steps back

"بعد عني ولاك كذاب!"

Tr: "STAY AWAY FROM ME YOU LIAR!"She yelled and put her trembling hand at her head clenching it and cried. She was scared to death.

Akai didn't know what to do. It's the first time for him to see a frightened teenager like that. The talk didn't work with her. The only thing he could do now was waiting for her to calm down by herself, and he did. He sighed and opened his phone sending a message to James. Telling him that he had found Lilo so he could send the ambulance. Lilo was breathing heavily until she calmed down a little. She heard him sending a message and thoughts overcome her. She put the flashlight down and stepped five steps back slowly and stopped.

"Do you feel better?" Asked Akai as he closed the phone. Lilo stopped and didn't look at him in the eye, she nodded a little and tried to calm down.

"So, do you understand English?" She nodded again while taking a deep breath.

"She is like Ali. Not looking at people she met for the first time in the eye." Thought Akai then said, "You know that Edward Armstrong is in real your brother Ali, right?" He heard Lilo say "Mhm." In a weak voice, she coughed and stayed in her place, only hearing her deep breaths. Akai wasn't surprised because he saw her pick Ali's badge, and he knows that Lilo won't come easily with him. All he has to do is wait for James and others to come ,so he needs to buy more time.

"How did you end up here, Young one?" Lilo at first didn't answer, she wiped her tears and remain silent. Then she opened her mouth to talk but closed it. Akai noticed that her face changed to fear again looking at the dark side of the suburb which was behind him.

"What's wrong?" Asked Akai and Lilo points with her bandaged hand to the dark side of the suburb. He pulled a gun and walked slowly inside. He stopped and turned to Lilo who trembled again and breathed fast.

"Calm down…. There's nothing to be afraid of-" He was cut off when he heard a loud CRASH sound from the dark side of the suburb, and Lilo freaked out. She turns to the exit of the suburb and threw her feet into the wind. She didn't take the flashlight with her because she knows the way out of the suburb without using any source of light. Adding to it, the exit isn't that far. It would be a piece of cake for her.

(A.N: The sentence 'threw her feet into the wind.' means that she runs as fast as the wind. It's common in the Arabic description to the fast person or animal or etc., and also used -a lot- in Arabic novels…. My bad if I cut you in the middle of your reading. I just wanted to describe it so you could understand it. Continue reading and …Enjoy.)

"WAIT!…LAYAN…!" He cursed under his breath. He didn't expect her to run away. He instantly followed her. It was only a cat that had hit with the trash which cause the bin to fall down along with some of the other trash.

"! #$ She is so fast." Thought Akai while chasing her.

Lilo had gotten out of the suburb as fast as she can. She totally forgot that Shiho was waiting for her to come. In slow motion, she saw Lilo's frightened face with tears in her eyes. Back to the normal motion, Lilo continued running until she crossed the traffic street. From far away, there was a red car coming so fast. The car didn't stop at the red light of the traffic. In slow motion, Lilo didn't notice until she saw the fast car wasn't that far from her, only half a meter away from her.

*WARNING: BLOODY SCENES, AND HARSH TALK. IT MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR SOME READERS. *

"LILO! WATCH OUT!" Yelled Shiho but it was too late. The smash happened, and the accident had already happened. There was blood at the front of the car's lights. Lilo was the opposite of the car. Her face was to the ground, with blood running out of her head. Her bandaged hand was holding Ali's FBI badge along with their picture when they were in Turkey. The screams and yells had filled the street.

"AAAAHHHHHH!"

"OH MY GOD!"

"SOMEBODY CALL THE AMBULANCE!"

A Gray Mercedes car had stopped and two Japanese people stepped out from it. One of them was a man wearing glasses. His hair was black with a mustache. The other one was a woman with brown hair. They hurried to the accident. The man approached the unconscious teenager and put his two fingers at her neck.

"There is a pulse." Thought the man in relief.

"Oh my god!" The brown-haired woman saw the unconscious teenager and put her hand at her mouth in shock.

"Yukiko, don't look, and call the ambulance…." Said the mustached man to her, and the woman Yukiko opened her phone and called the ambulance.

"Is she alive?" Asked one of the people who saw the incident.

"Yes, she is, but she will die if we didn't take her to the hospital as soon as possible."

"Yusaku, I called the ambulance …They are on their way here." Said Yukiko and the man Yusaku nodded to her

The owner of the red car -which hit Lilo- came to Yusaku and began yelling at Yusaku. "WHAT THE *beep* IS GOING ON HERE!? WHY DID SHE COME IN FRONT OF MY CAR?!" Everybody was surprised by his reaction.

"Sir, calm down. It's an accident." Said Yusaku in English trying to calm him down while Yukiko kept everybody away from the incident.

"HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO CALM DOWN!? I WANT COMPENSATIONS FOR THE LOSSES THAT SHE OCCURRED TO MY CAR, RIGHT NOW!" Everybody noticed that the car's owner was clearly drunk because he was talking like someone who was half awake and half asleep.

"Sir, the girl that you are talking about is bleeding and in critical condition. We must take her to the hospital firs-."

"SHE DESERVES WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. SHE IS NOTHING OTHER THAN A ROUGE!" Everybody gasped and began yelling at him when they heard that. Shiho and Akai also heard what he said. Akai saw Shiho darkened and walked to the drunken car's owner. Yusaku and Yukiko glared at him.

"Sir, you have to toe the line. You were the one who was driving the car fast and never stopped at the red light. Everybody saw you."

"I DON'T CARE! SHE DESTROYED MY PRESOIUS CAR! SHE MUST BE PUNI-" He received a slap leaving a red mark on his face. He cursed and put his hand at his face looking at the person who slaps him.

"Don't you dare to talk about my friend like that!" Shiho gave him a glare. Tears in her eyes.

"YOU LITTLE -" He came to punch her but Akai grabs his hand, and give him a punch in his face making him unconscious. The ambulance had finally arrived along with the police, the ambulance took Lilo to the nearest hospital, while the police talked with Akai about the drunk guy. As soon as they found out that the driver was drunk when he was driving, they immediately arrested him. The rest of the police members were keeping people away from the incident. Akai was hiding his face with his hoodie and mask so nobody knows who is he. He looked at Shiho then he realized who is she.

"You're Akemi's sister, right?" Asked Akai in Japanese.

"Yes."

"Stay with me, for now, and hide your identity. You're brave by the way." He put a hat at her head and walked. Shiho's face blushed a little and followed him. They came to Yusaku and Yukiko. Yusaku noticed Ali's FBI bandage and the picture.

"Is that Ali-Kun?" Thought Yusaku as he pulled a tissue from his pocket and picks it from the ground.

"I believe this picture belongs to her. It fell from her when they took her to the hospital." Said Yusaku giving the picture to Akai.

"Thank you. May I ask you about your names?"

"Sure. My name is Kudo Yusaku. I'm a novelist."

"And I am Kudo Yukiko. I'm an actor."

"I am Akai Shuichi. A pleasure to meet you both."

"Is she going to be, ok? I mean the girl who had an accident." Asked Yukiko with a worried look.

"I actually don't-"

"She will be ok." Shiho had come out from behind Akai. Yusaku and Yukiko looked at her surprised. They didn't know that Shiho was hiding behind Akai.

"I'm sure she will be ok."

"I hope so." Said Yusaku. "We all do, young one." Said Yukiko with a warm smile. Akai was looking at the picture. He sighed

"It's my fault." He put it along with the badge in his pocket. One of the police officers came to ask Yusaku and Yukiko about the accident details, so they went with them to tell him what happened.

"Follow me." Said Akai lowering his hat. He left the place and walked away, while Shiho gave a last look at the incident. She suddenly remembered something.

"Any time, My Friend." Shiho's hat was hiding her eyes with her hat and tears fell from it. With that, she left the incident site and followed Akai who was walking to his car.


End of Chapter No.3 – Part B -


~Ze12