A/N: Yay, people are still revieing! And thanks to Elena Forest for the awesome fanart done for the last chapter. :D

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Episode 6: Movies and Murder, Part 1

It had been about ten days or so since Jimmy was poisoned by the men in black, developed amnesia from a blow to the head, AND had his body shrunk down to the size of a kid. The days had gone by pretty slow and boring after that, and the doctors and nurses were still wondering what the famous mystery writer and actress were doing visiting a child that surely wasn't theirs in the hospital. Booker and Vivian Kudo only had one son, a boy named Jimmy Kudo. Sure their first names were exactly the same, but that didn't mean they were the same person. Now that was impossible.

After doing quite a few tests, Jimmy was allowed to leave. It was hard to release him or even do some tests on him since the boy had no medical records (or at least none that they knew of). But his parents had pulled some strings and now he was free. He was taken to his home, and he was surprised to find out that he lived in a huge mansion! Vivian Kudo couldn't help but giggle at the look of awe on his face as he stared up at it. He was afraid, surely he'd get lost in there, right? But his parents, who were staying until they figured out a plan, helped show him around so that he wouldn't.

Now Jimmy was looking around his old room. It did look familiar, but he didn't remember it. There were tons of books on the shelves around, most if not all of them mystery novels. Some were even buy his father (Since when did his dad write mystery books?).

He was found by Rachel a few days later, laying on his bed and reading Sherlock Holmes when she came over for a visit. She peeked into his room and smiled when she saw him. Next to his bed was a desk with a picture of the two of them. They were older, and they were in the amusement park they had been at in his ... would you call it a vision?

"Hey there," she said with a small smile as she closed the door behind her, walking over. She sat on the edge of his bed. "Reading Sherlock Holmes, huh?"

"Yeah," Jimmy replied, his eyes lighting up slightly when he saw her. He didn't know why, but being around her made him feel funny. A good kind of funny. "I've been reading him all day but even though I remember what happens I'm already on the second book."

"Really?" she smiled, but she was inwardly frowning. He remembered Sherlock Holmes but not her. Of course he would. Holmes was his idol, after all. But still...it hurt that he couldn't remember her.

"Are you hungry? I think your mom was talking about cooking dinner when I came in," she said and he nodded, placing a bookmark in his current page and closing the book. Placing it on the pillow of his bed, he hopped off the bed and took hold of Rachel's hand that was already outstretched and waiting for him to take it. She smiled and walked with him downstairs. She would have been blushing had he been his older self and they were holding hands like this.

In the kitchen, Rachel and Jimmy saw Vivian walking around the kitchen and the smell of food went all around them. Booker was sitting at the table, typing away at his laptop to get his next book finished. However, they both stopped when they saw who had just entered. Vivian smiled at their joined hands.

Oh....if only he was older, Vivian thought to herself as she turned her back to them and continued on dinner. I'm sure Rachel thinks that too.

They both sat at the table as they waited for dinner. As they began to eat, they talked about anything and everything, when Vivian brought up a suggestion.

"Since our little Jimmy is feeling better today, and he hasn't been out of the house much since he got home from the hospital, why don't you take him with you Rachel?" Vivian suggested. "I'm sure the two of you could find something to do."

Rachel smiled at the idea and turned to Jimmy. "What do you think? Don't you wanna get out of here and do something fun?" She knew he loved reading about Holmes, even now, but it was nice to have a change once in a while. "I hear there's a new mystery movie in theaters, how bout we go check it out?"

"Okay!" he said with a smile while Vivian and Booker shared a knowing look before they resumed eating.

They had checked the time for the movie so they wouldn't be late, and a few hours after they had lunch they were off to the movie theater. Jimmy held onto Rachel's hand so he wouldn't get lost in the streets. When they arrived, Rachel paid for the tickets and the snacks. Jimmy was happily waiting for them holding onto Rachel's hand as he looked around.

His eyes narrowed suddenly. Something... something didn't feel right. Something felt off, somehow. He just felt like something was going to happen. Something bad. He just wasn't sure what.

"Jimmy?" A voice startled him out of his thoughts and he looked up at Rachel. She held his popcorn and drink out to him, which he took, keeping the smile on so she wouldn't worry. The headed into the right theater to watch the movie. There weren't too many people in this one, which was surprising for it had only just come out. There were at least ten people, four girls and six guys. Twelve now when Rachel and Jimmy entered.

Grabbing a seat, they waited for the movie to begin. It was dark save for the little bit of lights on the ceiling, so they couldn't see much now.

Rachel could feel that Jimmy was excited. She could tell by the hold he had on her hand earlier. But still, something was off. She could feel it too.

The lights soon faded completely and the movie screen turned on. That was when a scream could be heard. A woman had screamed close to their seat. Everyone turned to look.

All of the color drained from Jimmy's face.

A young man with dark hair, possibly in his early twenties, sat in the chair beside the girl who had screamed.

He was dead.

TBC

A/N: This is actually my first time at writing a mystery... so forgive me if its not totally awesome like the ones you see in the anime. I also have another story called Switched....well, what are you still doing here? Go check it out! :D But don't forget to review this one first!