Okay so to be honest I'm not terribly interested in the Ran/Shinich/Conan drama in fanfics. Its good in the mange but I've just never been interested in love centered books. It may be because I never really had a romance, but I'm not that good at writing in Ran's voice or Ai's for that matter. Sorry if this chapter isn't as good as my others, personally I think its kinda weak but I don't think I could get it any better. I needed a chapter centered on them because... well I think they're important and should be heard but this will be the last to be centered here for a while. Satou is fun to write though, she'll be the main female lead and will be in it a lot.

Wow, that was a long spiel, sorry. Thank you to all of the reviewers, favoriters and alerters!

Disclaimer: I bribed Kaitou Kid with information about Pandora and convinced him to steal Detective Conan and give it to me, so now I technically do own this!... I wish...

Ran sighed as the plastic of the cell phone bit into her hand. From the device she heard a familiar message from an even more familiar voice. You have reached the phone of ace high school detective Shinichi Kudo. Sorry but I'm working on an important case right now. I'll try to return your call later. Until then please leave a message. Oh, and if this is Ran I'll call you back as soon as I can. Beep. The girl sighed and hung up without leaving a message, she'd already left seven after all.

Why wasn't he answering her calls? He always did this when she needed him most. She could live with that, sure it hurt but she was eventually getting used to it. What was really making her upset was that this was when CONAN needed Shinichi the most, and he still was nowhere to be seen. The kid looked up to Shinichi, how would he feel if he knew that at a time where his life was at stake his hero couldn't even answer his phone?

Clenching her teeth to bite back a sob the girl turned to look out the window. Conan was somewhere out there, at the hands of some murderous kidnapper. Her father was out there as well, looking for the child. She heard that even the Detective Boys were conducting an investigation, not that it would go far without their leader. Sonoko promised to come by later so that they could investigate together, but until then her father ordered her to stay put. She had to sit at home when everyone else was looking for him, him and Takagi. Ran felt her heart clench as the panicked face of Satou as she tried to find information. The officer was so worried about him. Ran was sorry she had to keep interrupting her during the investigation but... but Conan...

Ran felt a tear trickle down her face as the familiar hole in her heart pulsed. The hole had been formed the day Shinichi had left her at Tropical Land, and hadn't been completely full since. However, Conan had filled most of it. The child was so smart, and so brave, and so... so Shinichi! Most of the time she didn't know what she would have done if Conan hadn't come when Shinichi disappeared. Caring for the child had helped her take her mind off of her lost love, and though the similarities sometimes made everything hurt worse, it often felt as if her love never left. But now, Conan was gone as well, and the hole was bigger than ever. With Conan gone she had no one to remind her of the boy. She had no one she had to be strong for. She had no... she had no Conan! Maybe if she called Shinichi he would pick up this time. Maybe he would help. He HAD to help!

The girl called the familiar number, this time hanging up before the message had time to end. That JERK! She needed him, Conan needed him, the police needed him and where was he? Who knew? When he got back she was gonna... she was gonna... the girl sighed. She'd probably do nothing but start crying... again. She knew she wasn't really angry at Shinichi, wait strike that. She wasn't THAT angry with him, only slightly more than she usually was. She was just upset and she needed someone to blame, and it was easier to be angry with Shinichi for not being there than some faceless kidnapper for actually doing the deed.

She was just so worried. Conan, the sweet little boy who'd been the anchor for her sanity was in the hands of some monster. She shuddered; she had to talk to someone. Sitting alone in the silent room where she shared so many memories with both of the boys missing from her life wasn't helping anything. But who could she call? Sonoko had been there when she found out, and she'd tried comforting her and was coming over later. The karate champion didn't really want to bother the friend that had already done so much for her. Her grip on the phone tightened as she realized how few people she had whom she could call in such a time of need. She still had one though. Quickly flipping her free hand to brush away the tears under her eyes, the girl began to call her best Osakan friend.

Ran sighed in relief when finally one of her calls was answered. "Kazuha-chan..." she breathed, tears prickling at her eyes when she heard her friends chipper voice.

"Ran-chan, is that you? Hello?"

"Kazuha-chan... its- its horrible!"

"What happened?" The osakan's mood changing from it usual energetic tones to one of worry and surprise.

"I-it's Conan-kun. He'd followed the police on an investigation yesterday, you know like he always does. He was with Takagi-keiji, just the two of then, going to around and questioning people about some murder. But- but then they never came back."

"NO!" Kazuha yelled, her mind filling with terrible ideas about what could have happened.

"Yeah. S-Satou-keiji went to look for them, but she found out that they were kidnapped by the murderer. E- everyone's looking but no one has found any clues at all! And Shinichi won't answer his phone, I've tried calling a million times! And-and... and I'm just so scared. What if- what if Conan-kun... Oh who knows what could happen to him! I'm so worried Kazuha-chan..."

For a moment silence reined on the other side of the phone, then... "HEIJI!" The girl shouted away from the phone.

"WHAT? QUIT YELLIN' AHOU!" A distant voice answered.

"WE HAVE TO GET TO TOKYO, NOW! CONAN-KUN'S BEEN KIDNAPPED!"

"WHAT? KUDO'S IN TOUBLE?"

"NO, CONAN-KUN YOU AHOU! CLEAN OUT YOUR EARS!"

"THAT'S WHAT I MEANT, AHOU! COME ON I THINK I HEARD THAT THERE'S A TRAIN TO TOKYO LEAVIN IN A LITTLE WHILE, LET'S GO!"

"HEI-" Suddenly the call disconnected, leaving a shocked Ran to stare at the receiver.

"Uh, hello?" She asked hesitantly as a dial tone flooded the room. She didn't have long to ponder this though, for only a second later the door burst open, revealing an energetic Sonoko.

"Alright Ran, are you ready to go searching? Between your Karate and the skills of The Deduction Queen Sonoko, I pity anyone who thinks they can get away with kidnapping the kid with glasses. They'll never escape!"

Ran smiled softly and rose to join her friend, the light-hired girl's optimism infecting her as well.

"That's right! Don't worry Conan-kun we're coming for you!"

"Lets go!" Both girls ran out the door, fire and determination leading them though they had no clue where to go. Hours later they would return with nothing but dampened spirits as sign of their hard work.

Ai Haibara glanced at the red cell phone as it rang for what seemed like the millionth time. Sighing she turned back to her computer as the annoying tone stopped. She didn't know if it was good luck or bad that Agasa was fixing a bug on "Shinichi's" phone when Conan was kidnapped. What she did know was that if that girl called one more time she was chucking the phone out the window. She wanted to turn it off, but Agasa was convinced that it would turn Ran into a panicked frenzy. Leaning over the girl turned down the volume until the phone was set to vibrate. Smiling at the promise of silence, she got back to work... only for the table to vibrate a moment after she began. She glared at the phone. According to the screen this would be the eighteenth missed call. Still, despite her annoyance a slight smile formed on the shrunken scientist's face. That girl just wouldn't give up. Sighing, Ai turned her attention back to the computer. Phone or not she had work to do.

Hakase had been informed that morning about Conan's kidnapping, and because of his past skill with solving cases he was given more information than usual. It seemed as though Conan was helping them investigate without even being there for had he not solved so many crimes in the professor's voice they would have been told next to nothing. As it was it seemed that the police had little to go off. Sure they were getting hints as to who took them and their motives, but they had less than nothing when it came to information regarding where the kidnapped detectives could be. If they didn't know that then it didn't matter how much information they got on the Copycats, it would be too late.

Hakase had asked the police for a description of the car, and it seemed one of the man's neighbors had given them a pretty good one. Now the professor was trying to find it by hacking into security cameras, and she was combing the internet for any blogs mentioning suspicious behavior. So far it seemed as if no one had seen anything strange, or if they had it didn't seem important enough to mention online at all. She had to keep looking though. The police were looking for the culprits, but they were looking for the victims. They didn't have much time, if Satou was right they only had a week.

Ding-dong! Ai glared at the sound of the doorbell, but knew that Hakase was too far away to hear it and she would have to answer it herself. Letting out a huff of exasperated breath, she rose to tell whoever it was to go away. Opening the door she was surprised to see three defiant faces at her eye level. She forced herself not to groan, the detective boys had arrived.

"Ai-chan!" Called Ayumi as the door opened, "What are you doing sitting here at home when Conan-kun needs us?"

"We detective boys need to stick together, especially when one of our members is in danger!" Mitsuhiko chimed in after her,

"Yeah!" The ever-original Genta added. Ai sighed, fixing on the children one of her chilling glares... which never seemed to work on them.

Believe it or not, I also am searching for Edogawa-kun. Hakase and I are searching using our computers. There is more than one way to find clues."

"Come on!" Genta groaned, " There's no way you guys could be finding anything! Come with us and help us search!"

"Yeah, we can't do it with both you and Conan-kun gone." Ayumi said quietly, sadness hampering her voice. Ai felt a stab of pity for the girl, and the two boys as the three simultaneously hung their heads. She glanced back at the computer in the corner. It wasn't like she was really finding anything productive, and the longer she went without leads the less likely it was that she would find anything. Maybe giving her mind a short rest would actually help.

"Fine. Just let me go tell Hakase. And no he can't come with us. He may actually find something useful."

"HAI!" The three cheered. Ai smiled softly as she went to talk to Hakase, but the smile quickly fell to a frown. If it were any of them missing she had no doubt Kudo could find them and return them to safety no matter the impossible odds; he was special like that. However when it was he who was in danger, she had little hope that her and three grade schoolers could find him. She was no detective, and despite their groups title neither were the kids. Perhaps they would be someday, but not now. Sarcasm bit at her as she realized that the three "detectives" so willing to investigate now would have to stop searching and go to school tomorrow.

After telling the portly professor where she was going she returned to the door to be literally drug out the door by enthusiastic children. A wedge of sadness filled her heart. She had a feeling this case wasn't one that simply there boundless energy and determination could solve.