Author's Note: Hello again everybody! I present to you the thirteenth chapter of my epic fanfiction. Hope you will like it because I poured my heart and soul writing it. Let's also celebrate because my birthday is two days away! Just finishing this fanfic is a great gift to me. I'm already one year older! Reviews everybody don't forget! Make reviews as a gift for me!

Disclaimer: Would give the birthday boy some slack? I don't own Detective Conan or any part of it.

The Moment Where Everything Was Lost

Part I: The Eclipse

"The me of that time who holds the biggest possibilities shall come soon."

-Future Tsunayoshi Sawada (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)

Chapter XIII: Level Three

Author's Note: I'm just reminding you that the current flow is that Shinichi and Haibara returned to their original form. The story arc that's happening right now is the West Imperial Stronghold seize. I you weren't able to read the other chapters please don't read this because you won't understand it much.

Shinichi's point of view

Having killed a man something inside me changed or to be honest woke up. Yes, the instance I killed the man something deep inside me woke up. It was faint but growing. Is this madness growing inside me? I tried to for the moment forget or ignore what was happening to me and focus to rescuing Ran. The gates to Level Three were now in front of us. This time a switch wasn't necessary to open the gate.

Despite the gate being large there's a smaller door within it and it's opened. I took a peeked at it and saw that it was like last time. It wasn't as dark as the last time. The passageway going down this time was dimly lit. Though dimly lit I can still see the end of the stairway. "Come on, let's go" I said. I led the group downwards. As we go down I can hear water droplets falling down. The stairs itself are slippery wet. "Why is it so wet in here?" I complained.

"Kudo, what will you say if I said it wasn't water. Look at your hand when you touched the wall." Haibara said. "If it wasn't water then what-." I stopped and was shocked when I looked at my hand. It wasn't water. The ones dripping on the walls and the floor was all blood. What a gruesome sight to imagine. Good thing it was dim or else I would have thrown up. "B-b-blood? How?!" I shouted. "Blood! You can't be joking?" Sato exclaimed.

"We're surrounded by the Bloody Cells that are located here so you better expect blood." Haibara explained. "But can it be oozing from the walls?" Agasa asked. "Because the torture prisoners below sometimes try to escape. The guards tame them by whipping so when someone tries to escapes they whip them up to the point where they can't move. Blood must have spilled from when someone was whipped here." Haibara said.

"So someone was just here. The blood is fresh and still wet." I said. "How about let's go down and explore some more." Kaito said. I followed him and led been flooded with blood. Although I couldn't clearly see it but I was disgusted just thinking about it. I opened the door and bright lights suddenly opened from the ceiling. Everything was just too clear and I didn't like it one bit. "I think I'm gonna be sick!" Takagi shouted.

"I can't look at it." Jodie said. The blood dripping was just all too clear now because of the light. "This is just too sick. People who do this just can't be human." Kaito said proving a point. "Well people here are nothing but beasts who take human form." Haibara said. Everybody just kept quiet and followed me. There were no turns in the hallway. It just kept straight and didn't have turns. The blood just wasn't running out. They were everywhere, wet and dry.

I didn't bother looking at the blueprints because how can someone get lost if the way is just straight. We went to a sudden halt when the hallway ended and led us to a kind of gigantic circular room that branches out many different hallways. It wasn't exactly a room but it more looked like a park because there was a fountain like structure in the middle.

"Is that a fountain?" Sato asked. "I don't know, let go and have a better look." I said. We did have a look but it wasn't pleasant. It wasn't a fountain. It was a torture device used for chaining a number of people so they can't escape while they were whipped. We easily found that out because there was a pattern among the blood stains on the floor and on the chains. "And I thought they couldn't get any lower." Hattori said.

"You can't possibly imagine how low they can get." Haibara said. "Well Shinichi where are we going?" Kaito asked. "According to the blueprints anywhere you go you'll end up in the entrance to Level Two." I said. "If that's the case let's just go straight." Kaito suggested. Nobody protested with Kaito's plan because it wouldn't matter anyway. Either way they go they'll only find the exit at the end. I still led them and went straight. We suddenly stopped and became curious because from the point in front of them up to the point they can't see far from them are nothing but cells.

"Why are there cells?" Takagi asked. "Didn't I tell you this is a prison?" Haibara pointed out. "Wait here I'll go and take a look." I said. I slowly took a peek and was surprised that somebody was there. Even in the cell on the opposite side. I didn't know if he was dead because he looked tortured up to level where he lost his will to live.

"There's someone in these cells." I said. They quickly responded to what I said and went to see the person inside the cell. "Hey there's also someone in this cell" Jodie said. "It's not just that every cell has someone in it." Agasa said. "Excuse me? May we ask something?" Kaito asked the bloody prisoner inside. "Go away!" the man shouted.

"Wait a minute the cell isn't locked! You can escape." I said. The bloody man stood up and glared at us. "Do you think we didn't notice? It's always been unlocked! No one's a fool enough to escape. Only new people try to escape but after a while they realize they'll just die if they try again." The man explained.

"There's like a hundred of you here! You can work together and escape." I said. "Work together? You're mad! Even if there's a thousand of us they can just wipe us just like that." The man said snapping his fingers at us. "Then why don't you go with us?" I asked. "Hahahaha I've already accepted rotting in this cell and I doubt you'll reach the entrance to Level Two in one piece. Too bad you're all too young." The man said.

"Let's go there's no reason talking to him." I said. "Uhm Kudo, I've been wanting to ask you if how many of us do you think will survive in the end?" Hattori seriously said. Everybody became quiet and looked separate ways.

"We are not going to lose anyone anymore. I'm going to die first than someone close to me dying." I replied. I went straight and kept quiet. The people inside the cells seemed like they didn't exist. "Everyone here's mental." Takagi said. "They're not mental; they just lost the will to live." Haibara said. The cells just kept appearing and we see no end to it. A gunshot suddenly fired and alerted us.

"What was that?" Kaito asked. "Look!" Agasa pointed. Two figures appeared in front of us. They were wearing an all white suit. One was a man and the other was a woman. The man was carrying a shotgun and has a bazooka hanging behind him. The woman was holding four knives preparing to throw it. She also has two swords handing behind her.

From their faces they weren't happy to see us and at first sight I knew they were dangerous. We stood motionless and speechless. We were waiting for them to make the first move. The woman broke the silence and spoke. "So what are we going to do to them?" the woman said in a bored tone. "Don't know, depend on what will they do." The man replied. "So you're saying either way they'll die." The woman said. "Yes" the man flatly replied.

"Who are you?" I asked. "Oh, you spoke I thought you were blind or tone deaf." The woman annoyingly said. "Answer my question first." I demanded. "Demanding are you? Well if you must know I'm Mary and he's Whisky and we're the Advanced Guards." She said. "The Advanced Guards are the highest form of security. They are in the league of elite organization members like Gin. Some of them are even more skilled than other elite members." Haibara said.

"Wow you know all lot of things about us. I reckon you're one of us." Mary said. "Used to" Haibara said. "Oh ... so you're a traitor. That's means we can kill you." Mary said. "Why are you even here? Advanced Guards are stationed to guard the North Main Headquarters." Haibara said. "Don't worry, only two of us are stationed here." Mary said. "What for?" Haibara said. "Do you really think we'll tell you?" Mary said. Haibara gave off a stern look. 'Would you mind letting us pass." Kaito politely said.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk you should have known by now that, that's impossible." Mary said. 'And we thought we won't have to fight." Kaito said. "I wouldn't call it fighting if we won't let you move an inch." Mary said. "Don't talk too big you're out numbered." Kaito said. "Oh I wouldn't worry about being out numbered if I were you." Mary said.

"Wanna have a go and try." I said. Mary gave a devious look at us. "Whisky it wouldn't take long." Mary said. "Ok just don't make too much of a mess." Whisky said. "Oh come one now, how can I make a mess if it's already like this." Mary said. "Ok just do it quickly." Whisky said. Mary walked slowly towards us equally distributing her knives through her two hands. We took positions and was awaiting her strike.

Without us noticing she accelerated and ran towards us. She was too fast I could barely follow but still I can slowly follow here. She went in front of me and tried to slash my throat. I barely dodged the attack. She recovered and tried another slash. This time I was ready. I dodged and swung my right leg directly at her face. It was a success and she was flying to the cell wall bumping her head. "You dare!" Mary shouted in anger. "You fool! I told you not to underestimate them. They're not stupid. They were smart enough to reach this level!" Whisky said.

"You shut up! I'm going to slice that throat of yours!" Mary shouted pointing at me. It was different this time. She calmed herself down and stood perfectly still. She opened her eyes affixed to me and suddenly she disappeared. It was too fast I could see her beside me with her knife closing in to stab me.

I was too late; I'm going to die...

I closed my eyes hoping it would lessen the pain...

The pain didn't come. I opened my eyes and saw the knife was a centimeter away from my chest. I also saw Mary paralyzed. It took me a few seconds to realize that someone was beside Mary pointing a gun at her head. I didn't know the man but why was he saving me? Mary could have killed me but she insisted on not moving. From what I saw she was afraid. "You bastard! What are you doing here?" Mary cursed. "He's doing his job like me as s supernova." Shuuichi said.

Author's Note: I loved how I ended the chapter. A new character appears mysteriously but why? Stay tuned to my fanfic! Hope you liked it! PLEASE REVIEW EVERYONE! Wait my next chapter next week. Don't forget to correct any error.

Coming Soon: Chapter 14: A Hidden Request