Trick for the Mind

A/N: Alright, I decided that on Halloween occasion, it would be nice to update just because there's going to be a holiday after a long time. Two days until Halloween...I can hardly wait...no I can wait. I could probably wait a few more days. Halloween isn't my favorite holiday because I don't have one. Holidays last almost always only one day, so why think about it. It's just like every other day of your life, except that everyone celebrates it because some weird person made it up just for fun. I'm not gonna do anything this time, just give out candy and occasionally trick people by squirting some of this nasty mixture of hair products and body washes in their faces/masks. That's probably the best possible thing to do on Halloween other than steal the candy you hand out and eat all of it. Yeah, I'm pretty evil on Halloween. Pass my house and prepare to get a faceful of nasty stuff on your face, unless you wear a mask. If it doesn't send you away, I'll use my ultimate trick that I use every year...at least since I was 9. I hated Halloween every year after age nine, so don't even think about making me go trick or treating because we all know I'm gonna go for the trick not the treat. I can just buy treats somewhere else on any occasion...no point besides the fact that it's free.

Trick 8: Halloween Haunt

Synopsis: Do you think it'll work?

"This is so perfect! There's no way they'll ever suspect it!" A young detective could be heard from the giant laboratory on the sidewalk. Ai was watching Conan experiment with a bunch of her test tubes and chemicals, even though she told him that it was dangerous and it could possibly kill him much sooner than he would want. Of course, he argued back by saying that it was Halloween and that he should have some fun with a few tricks and treats. After that, Ai didn't care whether or not he killed himself with something he himself made. It was no longer any of her concern. As he experiemented faster, seeing as though it was almost time for the trick or treaters to come around the neighborhood and streets, he found that several chemicals didn't go well together. That was all from experience that he had just experienced. One blew up in his face, the other always somehow made him dizzy, and many of the other ones somehow zapped his brain and made his stupid for about 5 minutes. It was funny to watch for the little girl who enjoyed seeing the young boy be tormented, especially when it was his own fault that he was being tormented. That's when Conan pulled out a vial that Ai had not yet touched. It had a slimy green acidic looking liquid in it and Ai had never seen it before. She put her magazine down and went ot examine the test tube, only to see that he had already mixed it with the water and the vinegar. The test tubes still had the simple materials in them like water, vinegar, sugar and such things like that instead of the more chemically challenged elements such as iron and chloride. The mixture went poof with a puff of smoke before emitting what looked like a leaf shaped puff bubble in the air.

"I think I've invented some sort of bubble mixture!" Conan shouted like a genius. Ai just stood there, completely mesmorized by the slimy substance in her new vial. She took the vial from the container, Conan shouting out that it was his concoction and that she shouldn't touch it, and she stepped on Conan's foot. He jumped up and down, holding his foot in pain as he jumped around with his mouth wide open. Then he fell onto the couch, his mouth still open, screaming in pain at how hard she stepped, no stomped, on his foot. He lay there, still screaming in agony as she ran some tests on the computer. The data from the vial was transmitted into the computer and all the components and the effects displayed themselves.

"I don't believe it..." Ai whispered to herself as she took the vial, encased it in a pill shaped capsule, and threw it down Conan's throat, along with the water that she chugged down with it. He gargled for a bit and then he suddenly felt his heart pounding faster than it should have. His bones felt like melting as he was soon found sprawled on the floor, yelling out screams of agony that were much more meaningful than the ones he shouted when his foot was stomped. He blacked out for a few moments before waking up, only to find himself in an empty room. Ai was standing outside, waiting for the effects to completely take affect. Once 30 minutes had passed, she stepped in, seeing her creation had finally been fully developed. The potion had worked. Conan looked at himself, fully dressed, with larger hands than that of Conan's. He almost felt like jumping for joy, until he found something seriously wrong. His hands weren't that of a human's. His hands were bandaged completely, only enough to still be able to see his fingers. He checked himself over and over again, only to see the same sight. He was wearing a blue suit, a white dress shirt underneath with a neat tie, bandages on his hands, a black hat, and sunglasses. He knew for certain his face was bandaged as well. His dress shoes were sparkly clean as he stood up. He was taller, that was for sure. The one thing he didn't understand was why he was bandaged. He ran right past Ai, who he didn't notice, and towards the bathroom. One look at the mirror and he felt like dying. He looked like the costume that Hattori had been dressed up in when he was on the ship. That was when he was undercover to save Ai from the BO. He decided to untangle the bandages, to see it he had become himself again. When he unwrapped the bandages, he saw nothing. His face was invisible. He was the invisible man. He was in utter grief for a few minutes, until a devious plan was derived from this very ghastly costume that was truly real.

"Haibara, I'm going to be out for awhile. Tell Agasa that I went back to the agency." He said hurriedly before dashing out the door. Ai just smirked at her creation. Kudo had somehow made a transformation potion. Lucky him that he wasn't a zombie, or else the world would befall in terror. He had already made it down the street when he saw some kids about three feet away. He quickly jumped behind a bush and when they had been in his line of vision, jumped out at them and made scary motions at them, no voices used. They looked at him in confusion as they were middle schoolers. He then showed them his hand. They looked at it in bewilderment. Then, he pulled the string and nothing was seen. They were only a bit frightened, until he pulled off the bandages on his face, revealing nothing as well. The children soon screamed in horror as they ran back the way they came. Shinichi laughed in silence at his trick and decided to try different ways of scaring people. When he had returned to the lab, he stole the vial and kept drinking more and more of it. As he waited, the pain already taking effect, he soon became a furry ball of terror. A werewolf. This one he'd have fun with. He took all the night to scare people, tricking them and stealing their candy. He wove all of his earned treats into a basket and used his real name to send it to Ran, wishing her a frightful Halloween. Because this time of year was for ghosts and ghouls, Ran would be in her home, the safety of her home. He knew she wouldn't dare go outside today. So he sent it, and was back to scaring people.

One day he might even accidentally make the antidote... Ai thought, hoping that it would happen. Of course, was she really hoping that? Or was she hoping that the antidote was never found? Who knows...

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A/N: Crumby, yes. I didn't feel the need to make it gruesome like a story I used for an essay, since of course, I hate Halloween. Don't criticize me just because I hate the holiday that'll happen in two days because I won't care. You've got your opinion, I've got mine(I sound so mean...T-T)