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Chapter 2

Shiho's POV

We arrived at the hotel around 6:00 pm and we were given our assigned rooms. Agasa, as the winner, was given a one bed suite and the kids had a two bed suite and Mouri-san and Suzuki-san had the adjoining room next to us with the same arrangement. Even though the rest of us were tired, Suzuki insisted that we all go out to eat and check out the shops. While out, I noticed that Kudo was quite upset about something since he kept staring at the ground and sulking through dinner; of course, he bounced back once someone started to speak to him. Going back to our rooms, I pulled him aside and asked him to come and get more towels for the morning. In the elevator, I asked, "You want to tell me what's bothering you?"

He just stared into space not giving me a glance. "OI Kudo-kun!" Surprised, he turned towards me and then at the elevator buttons, "Aren't you going to select our floor?" He asked. I signed and replied, "There is something obviously bothering you. Do you wish to take the antidote now?"

He shook his head and replied, "No, it's not that...well, maybe it's crossed my mind...I just, I overheard Ran and Sonoko. She was telling Ran that it's time to forget about me, that I...I have made her wait long enough. I could loose her Haibara, I don't think she is going to wait any longer. Dr Arade already has shown interest towards her, and.. *yawn*

He turned towards me annoyingly for my yawn, but, to be honest, he should not be worried one bit. "What was that for!?"

"This story has gotten quite boring. Besides," I pressed the button to our floor, "Mouri-san has waited long enough and will wait longer because you promised her to do so. There is a reason why she has rejected dating the men that Suzuki has introduced. Right?" He still looked distressed about the whole idea. How was I going to convince him that it was alright. *sign*

The doors opened and upon exiting, a scream was heard from the end of the hall, not too far from where we were staying. We ran out of the elevator to find a woman shot and her windows wide open. Right behind us were the detective boys and Agasa. Kudo placed both hands on the woman's wound and applied pressure while I called 911. I turned to see the woman trying to whisper something. We I went by her face and she slowly started to speak, "W-w-where…..*eh* i-is she? Where's m-my baby?" Ayumi opened up a suitcase and notice that not only was nothing missing, but items suggesting that a child was here remained. "Who did this? Did you hide your child somewhere?" I asked. She shook her head and started to cry. "T-they, they took her." She began to cry even harder, "EMILY! They took Emily! They took my baby! Oh god...why?" She began to wince in pain as Kudo pressed down to add more pressure.

Looking at the ground, there was no blood going towards the window or out the balcony. The child was unharmed, only the mother. She must have been the target. Kudo spoke up, "Did you hear anything from the person that took her. An accent? A command? Or even a mention of a name?" The woman began to doze of for the lose of blood. "Oi! Stay with us!" He kept urging her to stay awake. The kids and I started to look for more clues, but, without a forensics kit, we couldn't see if any fingerprints. Since there was no gun shot, the person must have used a silencer or a knife. But, what would they want with a child? Possibilities ran through my head. I shook my head and those thoughts and took over, placing pressure on the wound while Kudo investigated with the kids. Agasa ran down to meet up with the police and brought them to the room about 5 minutes later. With them was a group of paramedics to take the woman, still unknown, out of the room and straight into the ER. Once she was carried out we were given wipes to clean our hands of blood and questioned of our whereabouts. A few minutes later, Ran and Suzuki ran unto the room noticing the commotion and knew that we had to be a part of it. After being questioned, we were asked to leave and to stay in our rooms, with the doors locked until further notice.

Going back to our rooms, Kudo and I stayed up a bit longer and met up with Agasa in his room once the children went to sleep. We discussed the situation and what it might mean for the rest of the vacation.

According the the police records, the woman was named Elena Azumi and was on vacation with her daughter Emily. The little girl was 8, around the same age as we are. She and her mother are from England on a business trip and Emily was taking art classes while her mother was at work.

Kudo analyze the room some more but came with the same conclusions that I did. There was no evidence of Emily being hurt, but there was a struggle. Just like any other child kidnapping case, the police are frantically looking and have set the timer for 24 hours. Unfortunately, there does not seem to be a tie to any other cases since this is the first child kidnapping this town has had in the past 5 years. I was worried and so as Agasa and Kudo. This could mean that we were in danger as well. Until we found a connection and the reason to the kidnapping we had to be safe as if we were the next targets.

"Kudo, he turned to me, I know we discussed possibility changing back, but for the time being we should stay like this and be at the kids side for the next few days until you can figure this out."

"Hmm... but, if I can go to my regular size, I can have a better chance of figuring this out and protecting the kids. Don't you think?"

"I don't know. I still think it is too risky. If you take that chance we can't have our eyes on them on the time. Please promise to wait, until we atleast can get a lead."

I had hoped that he would agree and wait for a lead. It's too dangerous to be at risk.

"Fine. I'll wait. But once we get a lead, I am going to change back so to protect them."

"Are you sure it's not to be with her?"

His eyes went wide in shock and then he settles again. "Let's just get to sleep, the others will wonder why we're up if they wake up and don't see us."

"Ah…"

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