*teary eyes* I feel so loved. I can't believe so many of you actually like my story. Thank you all very much, and I hope you enjoy the story.

Oh yeah, and because I forgot to do this for several chapters(not that it's really important), but I obviously don't own DC, only Rey and Mico.

A lump settled in the back of Conan's throat. The kind of lump that you get when you know something isn't right, but you can't figure out what. The kids were chatting by his desk, going on about the Kamen Yaiba episode before Kobayashi-sensei called their attention so as to start class.

Homeroom started the same as usual, reminders and announcements. None held our detective's attention as he pulled out the device Kid-or Kaito, per the thief's request had given him. Conan played with the device a bit, turning up the speaker's volume-general consensus was that the speakers were to always be on while the mics were turned off. Just as he was about to turn the volume down again, a shot rang out from both his device and Haibara's.

The whole class, minus the bespectacled brunet, froze, eyes wide. The detective instead jabbed at the device to turn on the microphone. As soon as he was sure the rest could hear him, he started demanding what was going on.

"Hm? That was fast, Co-chan," Rey's voice sounded through the devices shortly after his demands. "As for what's going on, Vodka stopped by for a visit and tried to kidnap a couple of classmates of mine."

"Nice ta know I wasn't the only one who got paid a visit by them," Hattori's voice sounded in response.

"What about Hakuba and Kuroba?" Conan asked, not caring what his classmates or teacher heard, as Rey made it obvious that at least one of them were with people on the 'Need Not to Know' list.

"We're fine, though we didn't get a visit," Hakuba explained, pipping up despite the noise where he was.

"No, instead, they decided to bring a bang," Kaito growled, with an accompanying mumble of "and tried to blow up the entire school while at it."

"Ah, yes, Snake, the master of subtly… why is it I wonder how he managed not to get caught yet?" Rey asked nonchalantly, as if not in the same room as a killer-if that wasn't something that happened 24-7.

"Does it matter? How do you plan getting out of there? We never really thought they would attack our schools," Conan stated, classmates finally creeping closer to maybe understand the situation.

"From the sounds of it, Sagu-kun, Kai-chan, and Hei-chan are all out and safe, and as for you, James should be close by. Mico can probably find him. I can get the girls out and over to Okiya safely, so just make sure you get the kids out in one piece," Rey explained, stuffing the gun in her bag before pulling out some rope to tie up the unconscious Vodka. "By the way, you might want to hurry. Vodka was unsupervised."

"What do you mean?" Conan asked, Haibara instead frozen next to him.

"Meaning Gin isn't here. As in, he had something more pressing than the three girls, and I highly doubt he would go after the police and Kogoro when they already have a member in their good graces."

Conan's eyes widened. "SHIT! WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT SOONER?" he shouted into the device before he quickly snatched both the female members of the Shounen Tantei-Dan. He pulled them to the door, which was thrown open, promptly, by a blond panting boy.

"Edogawa-kun, we need… to get… out… now! I saw Gin coming," he panted, sweat rolling down his face. Conan just nodded, pulling the two girls along, the other members of their group following. The other students, as well as Kobayashi-sensei, tried to give chase but Mico just turned and yelled, "Don't worry about us, we'll be fine!" before picking up the pace, heading for the large tree by the window.

When they got to a certain window, Mico stopped, and threw open the window. He quickly jumped onto the ledge and held his hand down to the others. "The branches are closer here, so it's not as bad. Just climb down the tree and hide in the bushes," he explains, taking Ayumi's hand and leading her to the branch. She quickly followed the orders and was followed by Haibara, then Mitsuhiko and Genta-which in retrospect would have been better to go last so as to make sure everyone got out safely, but the branch held. Conan joined them as Mico shut the window and scurried down the tree.

The two older boys (in actual age) glanced around, checking to make sure that the blond assassin was no where in sight. The coast clear, all six of them crept slowly along the line of trees, staying hidden as best they could. When they got to the end of the building, Mico motioned for the others to stay as he crept out, and peaked out around the building. No sign of life. He turned back to the group and motioned for them to join him.

"It's clear, but I don't know for how long. It'd probably be best if we make for the gate as quickly as we can," Mico explained, keeping his voice at barely a whisper.

"What about the gate, shouldn't it be locked?" Conan pointed out.

"If it's locked, then how do you suggest Gin got here? Did he camp out, waiting for you? If that were true, he would have just probably grabbed you when it was less crowded," Mico shot back. He really is like his sister, Conan mused to himself. Conan just sighed and nodded rather than say his thoughts aloud. Mico turned back to face the gate, his muscles tense, ready to race towards the gate. The others copied him and after a few seconds, they all sprinted in the direction of the gate. They all hid behind the tree next to the gate and stilled, listening for any sound like a gunfire of anything of the like. None came.

Mico crept out of the cover and towards the gate. He pushed on it and it gave, rolling open slowly. He turned and motioned for the younger ones to follow. They crept around the corner, checking to make sure no figures in black were in sight. The only thing out-of-place was a truck, a silver Chevy. In the driver's seat was none other James Black.

Mico quickly ran up to the car and opened the back door, and motioned for everyone to get in. Genta took his normal spot in the front passenger seat while the other five youths crowded in the back. James nodded when all the kids were set and pulled away, driving calmly.

The car ride passed in silence, the actual kids not used to the situation tense while those who were just stared out the window, careful not to be seen. James kept his eyes on the road, though did on occasion look to those in the back seat.

Finally, James pulled the car into what looked to be a warehouse. He turned off the car and got out, the kids following. He walked over to what looked to be some boxes. He pushed them to the side, uncovering what appeared to be nothing. He then started feeling around the floor and scrapping it. He peeled back what looked to be part of the floor, reviling a hole in the concrete. Holding it open, James turned back to the kids. Conan nodded and stepped forward, watch held in his hand. The brunet dropped down into the hole, followed behind by Haibara and Ayumi. Mico had to coax Genta and Mitsuhiko before he dropped down into the darkness.

"I'll cover for you and lead them away from here. Take care," James said before recovering the hole. The entire place was filled with darkness a second before Conan clicked on his flashlight and into the darkness. The others quickly followed suit, moving their lights so that they showed the walls.

After a few minutes of silence, Genta finally decided to speak up. "Ne, Conan, where are we going?"

"A safe house. It's hidden under the city, and hard to find if you don't have a map," Conan responded, not taking his eyes of the path in front. The group then came to a fork, which Conan steered them down the left one passage.

"Why are we going to a safe house?" Ayumi asked next. The had once again wound up at an area where the path split, this time into three. Conan paused a bit before heading down the left one.

"You remember about the incident a few weeks ago?" Conan asked, stopping along a wall and started running his hand along the wall. Mico copied the action, reaching for the places just out of the detective's reach. Not seeing any of the kid's answer, Conan continued, "Well, they are back, and they want to shut us up so as to not bring them to the public's attention. As you could probably tell, we aren't the only ones on their list, so we all agreed to meet at a safe house so as to plan our next move. This happens to be where we agreed, and it's owned by one of the people we are going to meet."

Conan's hand suddenly gave, pushing several stones in. The wall turned slightly, as some stones were pushed back, others moved forward, until a good five feet of the wall was perpendicular to its previous position. The kids were met with a stairway in well lit room, which actually looked about the size of the interior of the entire Kudo manner. There were of course doorways and hallways that led to other areas of the safe house, but it was mostly that one room, which was already filled with the sound of yelling. I take it Kuroba and Hakuba are here already, as there is no way Hattori got here this soon.

Sure enough, the kids, after climbing down the stairs, were met by the sight of the magician arguing with a girl who looked suspiciously like a messy haired Ran mixed with Nakamori's volume. Speaking of the inspector, he was off to the side, arguing with Hakuba and Jodie. Watching the two teens fight, off on the side, sat an odd looking girl, with long reddish brown hair. Conan's heart skipped a beat looking at her. Wow, what a beauty…

Kaito noticed the sudden company and turned to create the kids. "Yo, Conan-kun, it's been a while."

"I saw you just the other day, Kuroba, when you snuck into my house, I don't count that as 'a while'," Conan responded, slight irritation in his voice. The magician decided to ignore this and skipped over to the group, leaving Ran's look-alike behind. She stared inquisitively at them before shrugging and going off to join the other obvious teen girl in the room.

The magician dropped down to the kids' heights and smiled, producing a rose for each of the girls. "Hello, mina, you must be the Shounen Tantei, am I correct?" he asked, grinning at the group, ignoring the glares he got from the two younger males in the group. "Name's Kuroba Kaito, magician extraordinaire, how do you do?"

The three real kids(minus Mico) stared at him for a while. Kaito tilted his head to the side, curious, as he met their gaze. They held that for several minutes before Kaito finally asked them if something was the matter. "Ah, no," Mitsuhiko started, a look of embarrassed on his face. "It's just, well…"

Ayumi jumped in, noticing Mitsuhiko's shyness starting to take affect. "You look a lot like Shinichi-nii-chan!"

"Are you talking about the famous high school detective, Kudo Shinichi-kun?" a voice came from behind Kaito. The magician turned to glare at Hakuba as he continued, "Because, if you are, you probably could not have chosen a person farther from him."

"Yeah, that's who we meant. How did you know, uh?" Ayumi replied, pausing at the name, realizing she did not know who this person was.

"My name is Hakuba Saguru, pleasure to meet you. As for how I knew, I have heard a great deal about Kudo-kun, and during a bit of basic research, found out he looked very similar to Kuroba-kun here, just like Aoko-san would look like to Mori-chan, am I correct?" This seemed to catch said girls attention, as she and the one she was talking to decided to make their way over to the group.

There, the group got aquatinted with each other, learning that the Ran-look-alike was actually Nakamori Aoko, the inspector's daughter who inherited her father's drive about a certain moonlit thief. The other was Koizumi Akako, whom Kaito mumbled something about her being a witch. The conversation eventually dwindeled down to Aoko gushing over how her father was going to catch Kid, with Kaito making comments that stated other wise. Eventually, a mop appeared from apparently thin air and was nearly introduced to the magician's skull if he had not moved quick enough. A chase ensued for several minutes, no one noticing the new arrivals.

"Sh-Shinichi?

After Conan had ran off, hopefully to meet with Mico and James, Rey got to tying up the unconscious Vodka. The class continued to watch her, taken aback by her actions. Ran watched her with awe while Sera glared at her.

Finally, after the assassin was bound, Rey grabbed her bag, slinging it over her shoulder. She turned back to them. "You coming?" she asked, directed at Ran, Sonoko, and Sera. All three responded with a startled look, not understanding. Rey sighed in annoyance. "Did you not here? I got to get you guys to Okiya safely, or else who knows what that brat will do?"

"And what makes you think we will come with you?" Sera demanded.

"Look, I don't particularly care, as I got a lot of work to do after this to prevent several lives from being lost. It is your choice to come, but know if you don't, you will be killed because someone's boyfriend got in a little over his head," Rey explained, turning and heading out of the classroom. Ran, Sonoko and Sera glanced between each other before following her out, classes completely forgotten.

"Wait, what do you mean? What does Shinichi have to do with this? And how do you know about it?" Ran asked, jogging to catch up with the fast paced assassin. Rey was quick, not slowing even as they reached the stairs.

"I meant exactly as I said. Shinichi-kun met with difficulties during his 'case', and got found out. Currently, they are going to kill anyone involved with him, your family included, Ran-chan." Rey explained, not caring to go into any details. "As for how I know, well, Sera herself could explain that, right?" she directed the question at the other, hoping that maybe it'll cause the girls to question her instead and let Rey focus on not getting caught before getting to Okiya.

"So, I was right," Sera growled, not happy at the diversion. "It was you, from two years ago. My brother's partner, assigned to him just before he was supposedly killed. What are you doing here?"

"Same reason as Akai, the mission. I'm helping take down the guys like the one in the classroom. And will you stop glaring at me, Akai's death was not my fault!"

"Then why weren't you, his partner there, helping him on the mission?" Sera demanded as they made their way to the school gates, a bit more uncaring than Mico was. Then again, Rey, like Haibara, was trained to pick up on blood-thirst, and she sensed none.

"You already know the answer to that. I'm supposed to be under constant supervision, and it's a miracle I'm here now," Rey shot back, scanning the streets for the white car. She spotted it not far off, and scurried over there, the three real teens following. Rey tapped on the glass, catching the drivers attention. Rey opened the door and signaled for the others to get in. The three crowded in the back, leaving the front passenger open for the assassin.

After all four teens were buckled, Okiya took off down the road. "Leave me at the agency. Chances are that the schools weren't the only one's under attack. You head to the base, and I'll meet up with you there," Rey told the driver, not caring for details. He already knows, probably, and if he didn't, well, there's a reason we're partners, ne, Akai?

Okiya just nodded and drove off in that direction. Upon destination, Rey got out and shut the door, the car taking off as soon as it was secure. Rey started sneaking up the stairs, quietly taking the gun from her bag and putting a silencer on it. She crept closer to the office door, figuring that was where the detective was. Sure enough, through the door, she heard him convers with another person.

"Yes, thank you… Alright, that is all… I'll talk to you another time…" was all Rey heard, suggesting a possible phone conversation. Good, Bourbon hasn't moved yet. Maybe, if I'm lucky…

"So, another case finished?" another voice asked, young and friendly seeming, but with a bit of blood-thirst masked so well only master assassins would be able to pick it up. Of course I can't be that lucky.

"Yeah, it was a simple adultery case. Turns out the wife was just trying to get her husband a present, but he misunderstood," Kogoro explained, not noticing the subtle but growing bloodlust fromt the other. He's about to move…

"Well, it wasn't that hard, at least not for a great detective such as yourself," Bourbon praised, brushing his hand against his pocket that held his gun. A grin threatened to show as he prepared to pull the gun. "But sometimes, being so great isn't for the best, you know?"

"What do you mean?" Kogoro asked, finally starting to notice the dark aura emanating from the blond. Rey leaned against the door, slowly turning the handel so as to not be heard nor seen. Thankfully, neither of the men's attention was on her.

"What I mean is that if you are so great, others will not appreciate it and will want you dead before you sniff around in places where you aren't supposed to be," the younger explained, pulling his gun and aiming at the older's head. The latter's eyes went wide, frozen in place, while Rey quietly stepped into the room, gun trained on Bourbon's. Both fingers tightened around their respective triggers, though the lighter one was the faster of the two as the bullet implanted itself into the other's barrel.

This caught Bourbon by surprise as he turned to face Rey, obviously not expecting her there. Rey just smirked in response, glad she could still best a master of disguise when it came to hiding her intentions. "Why, Bourbon, it's been a while. I haven't seen you in years. I hope your teacher is alright, after the nice shoulder treatment I gave her last time," Rey drawled, moving into the room.

Bourbon's eyes grew in realization before he started to chuckle. "My my, Mary, I'm a little surprised to see you. You know, when Vermouth mentioned it was you who did that to her, no one believed her. But seeing how you are now, I'm not so surprised any more."

"Oh, good, Sharon was able to remember me. I'm glad. Sadly, I can't let you leave just yet, so you'll just have to be a good boy and go to bed," Rey said, held lousily in her hand. Bourbon's eyes flared with anger at her, but kept it under control. Kogoro just sat through the whole thing, watching the interchange between the two.

"And if I refuse to go to bed?"

"You don't get much of a choice," Rey responded, firing the gun, bullet lodging in the other's shoulder. Bourbon was pushed back a bit, landing on the couch behind him. Rey used the moment to spring forward, kicking the blond square in the temple. Bourbon was out after another hit to the head, thanks to the armrest. Rey stood in position, ready to fight if he was not out yet. After a few moments of stillness, Rey sighed and laxed her stance. She tucked away her gun and pulled out a cellphone instead. She quickly dialed a number, the other side picking up shortly after that.

"Moshi moshi? Superintendent Matsumoto speaking."

"Kiyo-kun?" Rey asked, making sure that the other end knew who was speaking. "Hey, it's me. Listen, I need a favore…"

"What is it you want, Ray? We haven't spoken in years, and suddenly you call me up, out of the blue, asking for favors. This better be good."

"Well, you see, some of my colleagues got into a bit of trouble, and a few of your men were dragged into it, though unknowingly. I was hoping to take them and give them protection, so as to prevent the lose of their lives…"

A sigh came through the phone. "What men?"

"Megure Juzo, Shiratori Ninzaburo, Sato Miwako, Takagi Wataru, and Chiba-keiji. Also, can you tell Hakuba of Ekoda that I'll be needing both Nakamori Ginzo and Saguru?"

"What kind of trouble did your colleagues get into for all those officers to be excused?"

"Need not to know" was the only response.

"Very well, I'll tell them. Where do you want them to go?"

"For now, just send them to Mori Detective Agency. Oh, and don't bother with the two from Ekoda, I'm sure they are already in a safe house somewhere."

"Alright, but I do demand an explanation next time. Don't consider this normal practice."

"I know, I know. Don't worry, it won't happen again," Rey assured him. Not that it can, after what's going to happen when all this is over…

Rey hung up on the phone and went over to the unconcious blond. She pulled out some extra rope from her bag and bound him. Kogoro was in a bit of shock, though gaining his voice back.

After a short while, a car pulled in front of the building. Rey walked over to Kogoro and started dragging him by the arm, much to his protest. Rey managed to get him down the stairs by the time all five officers were out of the cars. They looked at the duo curiously as Rey released Kogoro, ignoring his yelling.

"What are you all standing around for? Get back in the cars, we need to get out of here, unless you like being sitting ducks," Rey stated, uncaringly. The officers glanced at each other before piling back into the cars, all the guys in Takagi's while Sato got into hers. Rey pushed Kogoro towards the red car and climbed into the back before he sat down. She proceded to direct the driver through the town, taking the long way around as opposed to straight towards their destination.

Finally, when they pulled into a parking garage, Rey told them to get out. She slid out behind Kogoro and went to an elevator, not caring if the others followed. She pressed the button and started to rap her foot against the pavement, waiting for the elevator to come. Upon it's arrival, she stepped in, the officers and detective along side her. She scanned the keypad for a specific number, and found it. Ah, lovely number 4, how no one appreciates you like the Kurobas.

The elevator began to descend. After about twenty seconds in the metal box, the doors slid open, revealing a lit coridor. Rey started down it, hands holding onto the strap of her bag. The officers followed after her, again, starting to remind her of lost puppies.

After a few minutes of silence in the hall, Megure started to ask questions. Rey roller her eyes, as they were all predictable. "Your questions will all be answered in due time. They are not mine to answer, so you'll have to ask someone else," was her only response. This silenced them for the rest of the walk. Finally, they started to hear signs of life, other than their steps.

Rey entered into a large room and immediately spotted those also in the room. The teen girls were talking animatedly off on a few couches, seemingly gotten used to each other's company in the approximate hour since they arrived. Jodie and Nakamori were still talking, while Kaito was preforming a magic show for the kids. Hakuba, Conan, and Haibara were off to the side watching the show and disgussing different points of the magician's act. Mico and Okiya were not too far away, their noses buried is some books that they found.

The adults behind Rey stopped, surprised to find that there were people here, and mostly people they knew, with a few exceptions. Rey shrugged off her bag and went over to where Conan, Hakuba, and Haibara sat. "You better get comfy, as we are going to be here a while," was all she said, leaving the officers and detective trying to figure out what to do.

Sorry this took a while, I got distracted, again. I curse TV Tropes and Youtube. Those sites are the worst for an ADHD not on their medication (if they take, which I do) and needing to do something. Oh, and I just realized I mentioned two characters last chapter that you never met, and probably won't met in this story, though they will be mentioned in the future. If you want, you can all place 'bets' for who you think they are. No, no money, just the glory of knowing you got it right, though I won't tell you who got it right or not (unless you PM me with your guess) until the last chapter of this. So, feel free to place your 'bets'! Oh, and if you get it right, don't spoil it for everyone else and keep the answer to yourself.

Oh, and sorry if any of the characters seem OOC. Again, I'm not used to working with all these characters, and if you have any tips, feel free to share them! Thanks!