I feel like an idiot *head palms*. Okay, quick explanation for those of you who are just reading. Back when Hattori is introduced to this story (just two chapters ago), I said that Ray/Bloody Mary (she has no other name) was 27 when she was executed; I was wrong, she was 29. Please forgive me for that, as none of you could have caught that. Alright, nothing more to say.

"What are you brats standing around for, didn't you come here for something?" Rey asked, a little annoyed.

None of the group moved, still in shock of what happened. Noticing this, Rey walked over to the group and picked up the closest one.

"Ayumi!" the group called out, finally moving. Heiji and Conan quickly got in front of the group, ready to attack with what little weapons they had, while Mitsuhiko and Genta stood in front of Haibara.

"Finally got some movement out of you idiots," Rey grumbled before sighing. "Now care to get what you came here for? The meeting isn't going to last much longer, if these two bozos are down here, and I'm pretty sure none of us want to meet with actual code-named members."

"What do you care, you clearly have no problem in taking them down," Conan growled, preparing his watch.

"Baka, just because these idiots were easy to take out doesn't mean they all are. I'm pretty sure you know that Gin won't go down without a fight, one that would be hard enough without having to keep an eye on you brats," Rey shot back. Both Hattori and Conan's eyes narrowed while Haibara's widened and the kids tilted their head in confusion. Rey gently put Ayumi down only to have her scramble over to her friends and started to walk towards them. Conan stiffened as she walked past, never letting his eyes leave her. "Come on, I would really prefer to get what I came here for and get out before we run into anyone, and several people will have my head if I let you guys get hurt."

Conan and Hattori glanced at each other and nodded before following her, followed shortly by the kids. "Come on, Ai-chan," Ayumi coaxed, pulling on her still frozen friend. The group continued down the corridor, not trying any doors, just following the blonde in front of them.

"Why exactly are you here, Suojelija-san?" Conan asked, his fingers ready at his watch.

Rey glanced back at him before continuing down the corridor. "Same as you, information. I need the information that I can only access through these computers, and Vermouth is willing to give you it for free, then I wouldn't mind helping myself to it."

"Okay, why do ya need tha information, and couldn't ya get it somewhere else?" Hattori shot at her as she turned the corner down to another corridor lined with more doors on each side.

"Easy. I'm working for the FBI, so you can see why I need the information, and I can't get it anywhere else because if I tried, it would be too suspicious. Most info we get on them, outside of agents on the field is what I can manage to get while hacking into their network, which isn't much as their security is pretty tight. Thankfully Gin mainly just had his subordinates use their accounts or I would have been caught a while ago."

"Odd, Jodie-sensei, nor any of the other agents really mentioned anything like hacking," Conan countered.

"My involvement is mainly kept under wraps. A lot who know of me tend not to trust me. The only two that really do are James and my partner. I'm sure you've met him, Akai Shuichi, he spoke highly of you, before he was supposedly killed, not that I believe that. He wouldn't go down that easily."

"That's interesting, because neither James-san or Akai-san mentioning anything about Akai-san having a partner, let alone you."

"Not surprised. As stated before, my involvement is supposed to be kept under wraps, and not many people trust me. It took a lot to convince the higher-ups to let me come out here, and the only reason I'm in here getting info, and not someone else, is 'cause James trusts that I won't run.

"Oh, here we are," Rey said, turning to a door. She tried the handle and found it to be unlocked. She stole into the room, leaving the group in the hall. Conan sent a glance in Heiji's direction, catching his eye, and then followed behind her. When he entered, he found her on the other side of a room, between a desk and a window that covered the entire wall. In front of her was a computer. She typed quickly into it and then pulled something out of seemingly nowhere. She plugged it into the computer and went back to rapidly typing. The group, curious to see what the blonde teen was doing, crept into the room.

The room fell into a tense silence, only sound coming from the desk where Rey was rapidly typing into the computer. Conan joined her behind the desk, noting that most of the screen was covered by what looked to be camera feeds in the building. Only in the top right corner was a small window showing a bar as it slowly inched across the window.

"So, what exactly are you doing?" Conan asked, not willing to trust this person just yet.

"Mainly just copying the files on this computer onto the flash drive. Of course, I also am clearing the camera footage for today, as we don't want to be tracked down by crows after safely getting away from them," Rey responded somewhat absent-minded. Conan winced at having forgotten that while the cameras might not be visible, they were still there, most likely.

"Ya mentioned something about people not trusting ya. Ya mind telling us about that?" Hattori asked from his post by the wall in the corner opposite of the door.

Rey sent him a glance, noting Haibara was not far from him, fearfully glancing around the room before returning to the computer. "It's hard to get people to trust you when all you give them is reasons to doubt you, isn't that right, Vermouth?"

Everyone in the room stilled as a clap rang through the room. By the door stood the former actress, leaning against the door, her hands meeting and separating over and over in the slow rhythm. Everyone turned to her, cold sweat rolling down their neck, well, except for Rey, who was busy rapidly typing on the computer before stopping and pulling out the stick from the computer.

"I'm quiet impressed. I would not have thought that the FBI managed to get their paws onto such a prize such as you, would you, Mary?" the actress said as she folded her arms in front of her, practically sneering the name at the end.

"You know full well I never liked that name," Rey stated, putting the stick into a hidden pocket. "And I would ask how you figured it was me, but then again, I really don't want to know what goes on in that head of yours."

"Ah, how sad," Vermouth retorted, her smile creeping even wider, "and we used to be so close. But then again," her tone grew cold as she turned her gaze to Rey and drew a gun from her coat, "I guess time causes many to grow distant."

Rey did not even bother to flinch at the barrel now pointing straight at her heart. She only closed her eyes and gave a half caring shrug. "Aye, that it does, but Vermouth," Rey said, her eyes turning to the woman holding the gun, "do you really think that you can take me down?" Suddenly, flashes of metal flew through the air towards the woman. Her eyes widened before dodging the metal blades as they imbedded themselves in the wall where she stood. As she got her balance, she took aim where she last saw her opponent only to notice her gone.

"Oh, that's too bad, Vermouth, it looks like you've gotten slower in all the years since I last saw you," a voice sneered from in front of her. She glanced down only to see a flash of red, blue, and black before pain shot through her hand. The gun was thrown through the air and Vermouth quickly retracted her hurt limb. Before Vermouth could even react, a black leg came crashing down onto her shoulder, something digging into her skin, causing her to crumble. Rey turned to the horrified onlookers as she pulled her bladed shoe out of the woman's shoulder. "Come on, we need to get out of here. It's only a matter of minutes before this whole place is crawling with agents out for blood," she called. None moved, all staring at her, or more specifically the bloody blade attached to her leg. Her eyes narrowed in annoyance before she took a breath and yelled at them. "Will you brats get a move on it?! We have to leave now, unless you don't care for your lives!"

This caught their attention, as almost all of them started to grow fearful before bolting out the door. The kids were in front, followed shortly behind by Conan, and behind him, Hattori. Rey sent a glance at the incapacitated woman before taking off after them. She quickly over took them, listening for any danger. She just rounded the corner when a shot rang through the building. Rey quickly retreated back, but the kids' momentum carried them. Genta and Ayumi crashed into her while Mitsuhiko shot past her. Rey quickly shot a leg out and hooked it around him, dragging him back into the group before another bullet raced in front of them.

"Well well, it would seem that we have a rat, or should I say rats," a cold voice called out. The three false youths tensed when realizing who the owner of the voice was. Shit, not Gin! I thought that it would take him longer than this to get up here! Rey was screaming in her head. She quickly pushed those thoughts out of her head as she heard slow steps coming towards them. She quickly pulled out her phone and typed a text.

Okay, bring in the cavalry. Fourth floor, northwestern long window. Prep the ladder, and hurry, no telling how long until Chianti and Korn will be on the roof.

~RS

She quickly sent the message before tucking her phone back into her pocket. She turned to the group next to her and noticed that they were frozen. She leaned over to them and hissed, "Listen a copter is on its way here, but we need to keep calm. We got to make our way to the building at the end of the corridor in front of us, got it?"

Snapping out of it, Conan rounded his eyes onto her. "And how are we going to do that? We have about two meters of open space with a crazy assassin coming at us and no cover. Sorry, but I'm not seeing how we are going to get out of this."

"Yeesh, you're pessimistic, aren't you?" Rey asked, earning a deadpan out of the boy. "Anyways, that won't be hard. I happen to have a few allies outside of the FBI, and one of them let me borrow something," she whispered, pulling a small yellow ball. Both Conan and Heiji's eyes widened in recognition while the kids all tilted their heads in confusion. The only one who didn't respond was Haibara, who was shivering in fear. "I thought you guys would recognize this. Now when I give let this thing go, cover your nose and mouth, it's of the sleeping variety, but don't move until I say so. Also, can someone carry her," Rey gestured at Haibara, "as it looks as though she won't be able to move on her own and I'll be a bit busy trying to make sure none of us wind up with a hole through us."

"Got it," Hattori whispered back, leaning to get the shivering girl onto his back. She clung to his back and buried her face into his jacket. Rey nodded at him, with him nodding back, as did the others, before she rolled the ball into the hallway.

As if immediately, smoke filled the corridor. The kids covered their faces with their shirts while Rey just pulled her scarf up to recover her mask. When the smoke was thick enough, she stepped out, and with hands barely seen by an average human, brought a recently lifted watch to her eyes, took aim, and shot at the blond assassin. He slumped a bit, but brought his gun to his arm. But before he could pull the trigger, Rey kicked the gun out of his hand and then brought her other foot into his face with enough strength to send him crashing into the wall. That didn't incapacitate him, but the gas quickly did its job.

"Run, now!" Rey called at the kids. They bolted down the corridor, making it to the far end. Rey caught up with them and unlocked the door, picking it with speed even Kid would be jealous of. They all entered the room and quickly shut it behind them. As soon as the lock clicked into place, Rey was over on the other side of the room, examining the window.

"So how exactly are we getting out now? It's not like we can just jump out. This is glass, the type that will break into pieces and cut someone to ribbons if we were to try and jump through it," Conan demanded, indicated towards the window.

"Already know that. Looks like we got to break the window before the copter is here. The problem will be getting to the copter. The closes it can get is about 6 meters at least, so it's not like we can just jump it," Rey countered, eyes never leaving the window.

"You mean you haven't thought of that?!" Conan roared, turning to her. Suddenly, Rey's eyes widened, as she went to the computer in the room and booted it up.

"That's it! If I can shut down the elevator, that will stall those two for just a little while, plus, the security is all computer based, so I just need to crash the lock system, and they won't be able to use the stairs," she mumbled, fingers flying across the keys. Soon, after much a few minutes of nothing put typing and breathing, the sounds of a helicopter approached. A smile grew on Rey's faced as she jabbed one last key in before standing and grabbing the chair she was previously standing in front of. "You kids might want to move," she said before throwing the chair at the window, causing it to plummet to the street below.

Not two seconds after the chair was thrown out of the room did a rope ladder descend in front of them, hovering in air. "Time to get going!" Rey called over the sound of the helicopter. She picked Ayumi up and held her in front of the ladder. "Climb up as fast as you can, and don't look down!" Ayumi nodded and started up followed behind by Mitsuhiko and Genta. Haibara had to be pried of Heiji's back before Conan started shooing her up the ladder, following behind her. Hattori was on as soon as the three real kids disappeared into the helicopter, joined by Rey as Conan joined them. After Rey clung to the rope, the copter started to pull away from the building.

Everything was looking great until the sound of a door being kicked down caught the blonde's attention. She turned and spotted two gunmen entering onto the roof, both easily recognizable. Rey pulled out her earpiece and microphone and yelled, "Chianti and Korn on the roof! I can get rid of them, but everyone needs to cover their eyes!" Not bothering to wait for a response, Rey started to dig into her pockets. She pulled one stone and put it in her mouth to adjust her stance so as to have both hands free yet not worry about dropping. She put the stone in one hand and quickly dug out its twin before looking at the two gunmen.

Chianti and Korn already had their rifles set and were aiming right at her, everyone else already in the copter, behind the bullet-proof glass. Rey started to swing her legs from under her, throwing off the two's aim as she prepped the two stones. She closed her eyes, concentrating on the two stones and sending her energy into them, letting the momentum her legs built up continue her swinging. She felt them grow hotter and brighter behind her closed eyes when a shot rang and pained pierced her side. Rey ignored the burning, instead sending all remaining energy into the stones. They flashed a bright red light, causing Chianti to cover her eyes and Korn to avert his. The light quickly subsided, and Rey, drained, put the stones back into her pocket, careful not to drop them, and climbed up into the copter.

The rest of the flight was a blur. As soon as she dragged herself in, she was crowded by the people already in the fuselage*, fusing over the bullet wound in her side. Rey tried to push them off, but her vision and strength both started to fail her and she collapsed on the floor. Before her hearing started to fade, she heard them talking about how possibly lost too much blood.

Idiots, this isn't blood loss, I'm just drained… she thought before rendering herself to the darkness of unconsciousness.

"Oi, oi! Yer not blacking out now!" Hattori called, shaking Rey's shoulder. Conan, with the help of one of the personal on the flight, was addressing her wound. The kids were off to the side, huddled together with blankets wrapped around them. They were all having minor cases of shock, Haibara starting to get out of hers.

"We need to get her to a hospital!" Conan shouted, attempting to be heard. Apparently the personnel either heard him or agreed, as the craft banked towards the direction of the hospital.

The ride passed without much spoken between the passengers, all too caught up in their own thoughts. Once the copter touched down, they were quickly greeted by a team of paramedics, there to rush the unconscious youth into the OR. Another team stood by and checked those that lacked any sign of physical injury.

After everyone was cleared, parents were called to pick up the kids, though Conan managed to convince Ran and Kazuha to let him and Hattori stay at Agasa's for the night. When those were all done, and the kids were thoroughly scolded and ushered off by their parents, the FBI showed up. James came in followed shortly behind by Jodie and the little boy the gang saw with Rey yesterday.

James was the first to notice the three remaining youths. "How is she?" he asked, concern evident in his voice. Conan just glanced up before returning his eyes to where the wall met the floor. James, seemingly understanding what that meant just nodded and away beside the bespectacled boy. The other two quickly joined them on the bench, not bothering to break the silence.

After a few minutes, a doctor came over to them. "Excuse me, but are you by chance with Suojelija Rey-sama?"

"Ah, yes. Is something the matter, doctor?" James responded, standing to greet the man. The rest of the group stood as well.

"Ah, no, there isn't. It's just that after we fixed her wound, a bullet through the side, nothing sever, we put her in a room to rest, and she just woke up. She seems perfectly fine though, and she should have no problems, though we would like to keep her over night, if that is possible."

"That is fine. What of the injury itself, how bad was it?"

"The bullet went straight through, and hit nothing vital. Missed all her organs and several veins, just hit some skin, muscle and fat. We closed the wound with a few stitches, and she should be able to walk around in a few hours. The wound itself should only take a few weeks, a month at most, to heal, though she should avoid any strenuous activity in that time."

"Thank you, doctor," James said as they approached where the wounded agent lay.

"No, it is quite alright. Now I should leave you. Remember not to get her too riled up. Just because the bullet was not life threatening doesn't mean that you should aggravate her. She needs to rest for that wound to heal."

"We understand. And again, thank you," James repeated as the doctor left. He then turned to the door and slid it open. As soon it was wide enough, the blond boy dashed into the room to Rey's side.

"Nee-chan!" the boy called, wrapping his arms around her chest, above the hole in her side. Rey's eyes widened but the softened at the boy.

"Hey, ya little monkey, how's it going?" she asked, running her hands through his hair.

"You tell us, as you're the one with a bullet through your side, Suojelija," Jodie demanded entering the room. Rey's hands stilled and he lip protruded in a pout. "What were you thinking, going in there with no back-up and taking a bunch of kids with you? I don't care how good you are, that was reckless!"

"That is quite enough, Jodie-kun. I'm sure she has a good reason for not wanting backup and I'm sure that if she had a choice, Conan and his friends would not have been there. Am I right, Rey?"

Rey looked at him before sighing. "Yes, sir, they would not have. I did not know they were even there until it was too late to send them home, and I figured it would be safer with me than having them wander about by themselves."

"There, you see? Now I have a feeling we should probably leave the kids to themselves. Come along, Jodie-kun. Oh, and if I see the professor, I'll tell him you're in here, okay, Conan-kun?"

"Okay, James-san, thank you," Conan responded looking up at the man. He just nodded before turning to leave. Jodie followed, sliding the door shut behind them. A few minutes of quiet passed before the door slid open, revealing a familiar blond detective.

"Eh, Hakuba-nii-san, what are you doing here?" Conan asked the blond. Heiji chose to not look at his fellow detective, preferring to ignore the Brit.

"When I heard that a family friend was in the hospital, I rushed over to make sure she was alright. What about you, Edogawa-kun? Why are you here?" HHakuba answered glancing between all the occupants in the small room.

"It's alright, Sagu-kun, they are with me," Rey cut in before Conan could answer. To this, Hakuba raised an eyebrow, though wisely kept his mouth shut. "Anyways, didn't I tell you to bring Kai-chan with you?" Kai-chan? Sagu-kun? I wonder who they are and how Rey knows these two, or more like how they know her, Conan pondered.

"You don't actually expect me to show up with a detective, do you, oujo-san?" a voice called about from by the window. There sat a figure in all white, top hat, suit, and all. Kid?! What's he doing here?

"Why not, I mean, you go to school with him, don't you?" Rey responded, as if seeing the thief by her hospital bed were nothing unusual.

"We are classmates, nothing more, please," Hakuba stated, ignoring the growing confusion of the other three forgotten in the room.

"Well, I don't really care about that. I'm more interested in why you called us all here. I mean, I could see the three detectives, but not so much with me and the girl," Kid asked, brushing Hakuba's words off as if they were nothing.

Rey just sat there, blinking with an expression that asked if it were really not that obvious. "Why of course, for a meeting, why else?" she stated as if it were obvious to her. This caused the boys, aside from the blond on the bed with her, to freeze in both shock and confusion. Haibara was the only one that seemed to find her voice, after forgetting about it for most of the afternoon.

"A meeting?"

"Of course, I mean we have all the Aces and the Red Joker here. You are all key players in this game, so shouldn't we discuss strategy, as we are on the same side of the night?"

*Okay, not going to lie, I have no idea about helicopter anatomy, but this is what the body of a helicopter is called, and that is what they are in, so forgive me if I used the wrong word.

Curse you! I swear, I wrote a good chunk on my phone, and saved it, but I open it this morning, and I was right back to where I was. One of the most annoying rewrites I've had to do, and not that happy about it.

Ugh, I feel Haibara is so OOC the last few chapters. She's easy in my head, but each scene has a lot of characters, and she gets muted, like the kids at the beginning. And I know my action scenes suck, and? I'm a newbie at this, so cut me some slack, please. And before you say anything about Rey pulling something out of her pockets while on the ladder, she had a death grip on it with one hand while the other was digging, then looped her arm around the side and a rung when she needed to hold the jewels.