Ice Storm Chapter 3
Disclaimer- I don't own Detective Conan. I based Serena cousins off three of my cousins, added my brother and sister and made them younger, so they own themselves. and I don't own Nintendo Game Cube either.
Chelseaj500- Arigato for reviewing! I didn't really have writer's block, just a hard time coming up with my own characters. I'm not good at that.
Everyone else- please review. Sorry about the English names. I don't really know their Japanese names well enough to use them. Thanks for reading anyway!
When Conan entered the room, he saw five children ranging from around four to eleven years old. They all looked tired and confused.
"Who's this?" asked a red- haired boy. He must have been one of the oldest in the group.
"Ian, this is Conan," said Serena.
"That's a funny name" said the youngest girl. She looked like she was around four years old.
"Lauren, that's not nice!" This boy was younger than Ian. He was around seven years old with light brown hair. Similar to Lauren's actually. Maybe Lauren was his younger sister.
"I'd better get back to Detective Moore. I'll be back in a few minutes." Serena said.
There were two kids who still hadn't said anything. One of them, probably the oldest in the group, was still asleep. Conan couldn't tell much about him except that he was skinny and had dark brown hair.
"He must be a heavy sleeper." thought Conan. "I can't believe that the Old Man's yelling didn't wake him up."
The other one had short light brown hair. She was probably around nine years old.
"What's your name?" Conan asked her.
"I'm Wendy, and that's my older brother Evan." She told him, gesturing to the boy who was still asleep.
"Are Zachary and Lauren Siblings?" asked Conan. "They look a lot alike."
"Yeah, we are." Zachary responded. "How old are you?"
"Um, me? I'm seven." said Conan. "Why do you ask?"
"You just know a lot of big words for someone your age," said Zachary.
"Right, like you have room to talk," giggled Wendy.
"Oh, yeah, I like to read a lot," Conan said.
"I'll have to be more careful around these kids," he thought. "I don't know if they could figure out who I really am, but I really don't want anyone else getting in trouble with Them. But, I also need to figure out what's going on here.
"Huh? What's going on?" mumbled Evan.
"Look who finally woke up," said Wendy.
"Who are you?" he asked Conan.
"I'm Conan Edagawa." He replied "I'm here because Serena called Detective Moore about Max. Can any of you tell me where he was going?
"Oh, Max was going to a nearby store to buy more snack food," said Ian.
"Yeah, but I think he was in trouble," Zachary said.
"In trouble how? He's an adult right?" asked Conan
"Max was drinking with other adults, and he let Lauren try alcohol." Evan responded.
"I thought it was apple juice," Lauren protested.
"Anyway, that got him in trouble with my mom," said Zachary. "That's why he was sent to get snack food. It was kind of a punishment."
"So they sent him alone after he had been drinking?" asked Moore. "That doesn't sound very responsible."
"He hadn't been drinking very long, and the store was in walking distance, so he wouldn't have to drive." Serena said. "The ice was mostly off the sidewalk by then, so they figured he probably couldn't slip."
"Still, you'd think they would send someone with him just to make sure nothing had happened."
"I think it was part of his punishment. Lauren's mom was pretty mad…"
"Wait! How well did he know this area? Could he have gotten lost?"
"No, Max knows this area, and the store really wasn't that far away."
"Is there anything else you can tell us that would help us find him?" asked Moore.
"I don't think so." She sighed. "I hope he's alright.
"Dad, I met him yesterday," announced Rachel. "I would know him if I met him again."
"Well, that's good to know. At least we have a place to start," said Moore. "I think we should start searching around the route to the store. Maybe it will give us a few clues about how to continue."
"Are your cousins alright alone Serena?" asked Rachel.
"I think they can handle themselves for a few minutes. The adults just wanted me to stay so they wouldn't freak out if they woke up to an empty house. I think they're all awake now. Anyway, I should tell them what's going on.
"Serena and Rachel taught us a few games yesterday; do you want to play Conan?" asked Wendy. "There was one game we can play in here."
"Can we get out the Game Cube?" Zachary practically yelled. "Pleeeaaaaseee?"
"No, I don't want to do that yet," said Evan. "Besides, the T.V. is in the room where Serena's talking to Detective Moore. We probably shouldn't bother them."
"Oh. I guess that rules out playing sardines," mumbled Ian.
Suddenly Serena and Rachel appeared in the doorway.
"You can play sardines if you want," said Rachel. "Dad is taking us to help search for Max."
"If you play sardines, someone needs to stay with Lauren, okay?" Serena said. "We don't need any more problems right now. We'll probably only be gone for about twenty minutes, so don't get into trouble."
There was a chorus of "okays" from all the kids, and Evan tried to assure Serena that he would keep track of everyone.
"Can I come?" Conan asked.
"No, I'd feel better if you stayed here, okay Conan?" Rachel said.
"I would feel better if I came." thought Conan. "I hope Detective Moore will at least act competent this time, because I can't exactly sneak away from all these kids to help out.
What's going to happen next? Actually I'm not sure yet. I have a couple ideas though. Please Review!