CHAPTER TWO: To the hospital

Conan hugs his body as pain rips through him once more, it feels as if he's being pricked by thousands of hot needles all over his body, he bites back a scream feeling another wave rip through him. Shinchi opens the young detectives door and sits at the foot of the bed, Conan is sweating and lately he hasn't been able to stomach solid foods. In the teens hand is a bag of crackers, ever since Ran left for a camping trip he's been trying to get Conan to eat before she gets home. She doesn't know that Conan hasn't been able to eat anything for the last three days although by how pale the kid is he may have to take him to the emergency room, when he relaxes a bit Shinchi shakes his shoulder making him looks up.

"Hey, kid, feeling any better?" He asks in vain. What a stupid question, I just saw him in pain AND he threw up this morning! He yells at himself but really what else could he have said, Conan gasps for air before shaking his head. "Well... you think you can stomach some crackers?"

"N-no..." Just the thought made the boy nauseous the last thing on his mind is food, he sits up slowly. "C-could you help me to the bathroom? I have to pee..." Shinchi puts the crackers on the nightstand before picking Conan up and carrying him to the bathroom. When Conan slowly trudges into the bathroom Shinchi gets a call from Ran.

"Hey, Ran."

[Hey, Shinchi, how's Conan-kun?] Shinchi sighs hearing Conan doing more than just peeing, he goes into Kogoro's office right outside the hallway.

"Not good... I didn't wonna tell you this but he's been rejecting solid food, by the sounds of it now just the mention of food makes him sick. When you get back I'm thinking we should take him to the hospital he's really not looking good." He can almost feel Ran's worry.

[Well, I'll be back tonight. Do you want to take him when I get back or wait until the morning?] Shinchi hears a loud thud after hearing the door open.

"Better do when you get back, look I gotta go I think he just passed out. Love you." He says quickly making his way back into the hallway looking at the sleeping boy on the floor, Conan's griping his chest moaning in pain almost curled up in a ball. "Change of plans, when you get back come to the hospital I've gotta take him now."

[Okay, I'll be there as soon as I can, call me if you find anything out. I love you too.]

She says before hanging up, Shinchi slips his phone back into his pocket and picks Conan up. He balances Conan on his back as he grabs his keys, he quickly makes his way to his car, and sits Conan into the front set. He buckles the boy in making sure it's tight so he doesn't slip out of it, half way through the trip Conan opens his eyes half way and looks at Shinchi. He feels horrible his whole body feels like he's getting tazed, he makes a slight gurgled moan to get Shinchi's attention.

"Wh-wha..."

"I'm taking you to the hospital, you fainted after coming out of the bathroom." Conan looks down at his lap. "How do you feel?" He asks glancing at the boy.

"Hurts... e-e-everywhere..." The hairs on his arms were even standing up on end, he's scared to go to the hospital but even more fearful on what would happen if he didn't.

"You'll tell me if you're gonna throw up, right kid?"

All he earns as an answer is a nod as the young boy slowly drifts back to sleep. It worries him deeply that Conan doesn't wake again until they arrive at the hospital and even then he's not coherent enough to talk anymore, it feels almost like he's losing a son being that the boy is technically a clone of him. The second the nurses feel how high Conan's fever is they rush him away telling Shinchi to wait in the lobby, he hates waiting rooms they're boring, bad magazines, people with ill loved ones. Although he did notice a strange little group, a Japanese girl that looked to be at least fifteen with long black hair and blue eyes. A Brazilian boy about the same age with brown hair and green eyes, a cowboy with blond hair and blue eyes it's hard to tell but he thinks he's the same age as the other two.

There's also a bald old with black beard and eye brows he has blue eyes, they all are wearing some sort of monk outfits. There have a weird little green lizard, odd looking lizard though it only has two arms, maybe it's a rescue and they're cosplayers. He doesn't have anymore time to think about it as his girlfriend, Ran, busts through the doors giving everyone a good jump.

"Shinchi!" She grabs his shoulders. "What'd they say, will he be alright?!" Shinchi shakes his head.

"They aren't sure what it is yet..." Just then a doctor comes up to the pair making Shinchi stand up and Ran let go of his shoulders.

"You two are looking after Edogawa-kun?" They both nod. "Have you noticed anything strange about him?" Ran nods once more.

"About three weeks ago he was throwing up but he got better and never showed signs of fever, it was just last week that he started feeling this sick. He had high fever, vomiting, diarrhea, headaches, stomachaches, and was complaining that be felt like he was being electrocuted." Shinchi notices the old man look up and the three teens start whispering, the brown haired doctor flips through some notes.

"Well, all we could do is lower the fever and give him some painkillers, I'm not sure if he's awake but if you wish to see him he's in room 509."

"Thank you doctor." Ran bows as he nods and turns to talk with the cosplayers. It takes a while but when they find Conan's room they're pleased to see that the only thing he's hooked up to is a heart monitor and an IV. In the bed next to him is an odd looking child about the same age as Conan, he has yellow skin since he's sleeping Shinchi can't tell his eye color but shortly after they got there the cosplayers came in and gathered around the yellow child.

"Y-yo Omi..." The Brazilian shakes his shoulder. "Wakey, wakey d-don't you think you've slept enough?" The old man places his hand on the teens shoulder.

"That is enough, Raimundo, the doctor said that he will awake in time then we can all go back to the temple." Raimundo looks at the old man.

"But, Master Fung you said he won't get better until we find the dragon of lighting!"

"Sssh, There are others sleeping as well."

A/N: I hope you like it so far, the next chapter will tell how Omi got there so don't go thinking he's just magically unwell. Thanks for reading. Also I'm sorry that this chapter is a little short.