Ice Storm: Chapter Two

Disclaimer: I own nothing except Serena's cousins.

Arigato gosaimasu to Chelseaj500 for reviewing. I'm glad you liked it. Sorry about the English names. I don't know the Japanese enough to use them.

Richard Moore woke up and stared at his alarm clock. "What is that ringing?" he thought. "And what am I looking at anyway? Oh right, it's my alarm clock, it's only seven thirty; I never wake up this early. I don't remember setting my alarm last night. Wait my alarm doesn't sound like that. That's the phone." He tried to get up, but pain shot through his head. "Uh, that's what I get for drinking so much last night. Now to find the phone. Who's calling at this hour anyway?"

"Moore Detective Agency, Detective Moore speaking."

"Hello, this is Serena Sebastian, my cousin Max disappeared yesterday, and we really need help finding him. Please come help!"

"Of course I'll come!" Moore yelled. My hangover's better already. "I'll be there as soon as I can"

"Thank you so much!" said Serena. She was starting to sound like a crazed fan girl.

"What's going on?" said an annoyed voice from the hall. It was Rachel. Conan was trailing along behind her.

"Why were you yelling?" asked Conan.

"Apparently Serena's cousin disappeared yesterday and she wants me to come investigate as soon as possible, so I'm going to go talk to her." Just as he said this Conan ran off to the bedroom.

"Good, maybe I'll be able to get away without him today. I'll just call a cab and leave before they're ready to go."

"I'd better get dressed now. I won't be able to get more sleep anyway. Besides the old man will be completely lost without me," thought Jimmy/Conan.

"Hi Mr. Moore! Are you going on a big case? Can I come?" yelled Conan.

"Can't you be quiet?" roared Moore. "You were half asleep three minutes ago! Yes, I'm on a big case, and NO you CAN'T come! It's unprofessional to bring a small child to a meeting with a new client. Especially one who's a young lady."

"But you do that all the time!" said Rachel sounding irritated. "Don't yell at Conan like that, dad."

"Well, I guess at this point you'll come even if I say you can't, so sure. You might as well."

"Dad, you didn't tell me that Serena was your client! How could you act like you wanted to flirt with her! That's gross, not to mention illegal!" screamed Rachel. "What were you THINKING?"

They were now at Serena's house, and Rachel was furious about her dad's behavior. Thankfully they were far enough away from the house that nobody could have heard them.

"Hey, I was half asleep." mumbled Richard. "I didn't mean that!"

"What do you think is going on?" asked Conan, hoping to keep them quiet, "Did something happen yesterday, Rachel?"

"I hope not, everything seemed fine when I left, but Serena's cousin, Max, had been gone a long time."

"Oh, we're here!" said Conan, "Let's see what's going on."

"Just stay out of my way," Moore growled.

They reached the door, and Moore rang the doorbell. Conan heard someone running to the door, and a tired child ask who was at the door this early. Then Serena opened the door. She looks tired, I wonder how long she was up last night. What could have happened to keep her up? And who was the kid I heard? Serena doesn't have a younger sibling as far as I know.

"Detective Moore! I'm so glad you're here. My cousin max disappeared yesterday afternoon, and I didn't know what to do," said Serena.

"Give me a full description, of your cousin, and tell me what he was doing when he disappeared, and I'll see what I can do." Replied Detective Moore.

"Okay. Max is around six-foot-two, and he has black hair, and brown eyes."

"You do realize that you just described about half the population of Japan right? Do you have anything else you can tell me?"

"Oh right, he has a scar on his forehead from falling down the stairs when he was little."

"Great, now we're getting somewhere. What time did he disappear?"

"The last time I saw him was around three o'clock yesterday afternoon. He went to get more snack food for a family gathering."

"Where was he going?" asked Conan.

"GET OUT OF HERE YOU TWERP!" yelled Moore.

"I have some younger cousins here now and you probably just woke them up, Detective." Serena's voice was dripping with sarcasm. "I'd better make sure they're okay. Why don't you come, Conan? You should probably stay out of Detective Moore's way."

"Okay." said Conan. Maybe they have some idea about what happened.

Sorry, it's pretty short compared to my last chapter, but I'm a little stuck. Please Review!