A'ight, time for some nightmare fuel for poor Ran! Sorry Ran, but this is part of the story, so you have to endure it.

Ran: *whimpers*

So anyways, on with the show!

The streets were silent.

She could rarely hear any sound on this street rather than her own footsteps . The only thing that is in life are the street lamps and her own body.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

A shriek came out of nowhere, making her turn around, her hair flying towards her chest. "H-Hello...?" her voice asked in a whispering tone. She could hardly make out who that voice was, but it seemed like a female's.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO! STOP! I'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

The shriek of the voice came again, making her eyes widen in shock. 'Just whose voice was that?' she thought as she went to the direction of the voice, only to stop when she heard something that made her tremble in fear.

A gun shot.

She hesitated to check as to where the voice came from, but then decided. She walked towards a quiet alley, her footsteps emitting noises as she stepped on the concrete floor.

That's when she realized that her footsteps are not alone.

tip. tap. tip. tap.

'Oh no!' she thought. 'If I don't do something, I'm done for!'

Her feet hesitated, but then she had no other choice.

Run.

Her panting could be heard along with her feet that trembled as she ran. Every ten seconds, she would look behind her to see who was persuading her.

A woman.

She ran as fast as she could. The alley is where she should be, her last destination if that woman could ever catch her.

She turned to the right of the alley, only to see a room and something that she didn't want to see.

Inside the room, a teenage girl was strapped on a chair, her lifeless eyes filled with tears. Her lifeless body sat on the floor, and her bloody head seemed that she was shot on it. Her hair looked all familiar; short hair and blonde-brown. Blood was smeared everywhere around the room.

"S-Sono..." she stuttered, her tears beginning to flow down her eyes. "S-Sono-Sonoko...?"

Alas, the footsteps stopped.

Her body couldn't move an inch at what happened. Her best friend wasn't there anymore. She was murdered.

Before she could even turn around, she felt a gun being pointed on her head.

"Let's see who wins between us and the detective, Angel." was the last words she could hear from her persuader.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Ran shrieked. That's all she could do. She shrieked.

Kazuha, Conan, Kogoro and Heiji woke up from the noise Ran made, shocked. "Ran, what's wrong?" Kazuha began. "Did you see a ghost?"

"Ran-neechan... Why'd you wake up this early...?" Conan asked sleepily, rubbing his eyes. He checked the time afterwards. "It's still 12:45! Why'd you wake up, Ran-neechan...?"

Ran looked at each of them, observing their sleepy face. "S-Sorry guys! I just had a... disturbing... terrifying nightmare..." she apologized.

Heiji raised an eyebrow. He then went back to slumping on his bed roll. "You can fill us up tomorrow. For now, let's just rest from this tiring day, shall we?"

The three others agreed and lied on their on beds, saying good night with each other. Ran just felt pretty silent, but then lay down.

I guess that was the continuation of the previous dream... I'm afraid the next night will make me shriek out of fear again...

Ran then closed her eyes, seemingly wanting to sleep and recharge.

"What? You had a terrifying nightmare?"

Sonoko filled Ran's mind with questions that she hoped that would be answered. Ran just nodded at each question that Sonoko's mouth managed to ask.

The two of them are sitting on their desks today at school, and Ran just said she had a terrifying nightmare at class. She didn't speak a word to every classmate that would ask. She decided that she'd fill Sonoko up about her nightmare.

Sonoko's mouth was bombarded with questions, and they managed to get out and get the answer, which was a nod from her best friend.

"Is it scary?"

"Did you shriek out of fear because of it?"

"Is someone chasing you?"

"Is it about the mysterious men we saw at the Coaster?"

"The surroundings were scary as hell, wasn't it?"

"Did I die or something?"

The last question made Ran want to die.

Sonoko just noticed the expression of Ran's face, so she stopped at the 'Did she die' question and shook her best friend's body. "Hey, what's wrong?" Sonoko asked as she kept shaking Ran so that her best friend could gain consciousness. "Hey, Ran!"

Did I die or something?

Did I die or something?

Did I die or something?

Did I... Ran...

Ran...

Ran...!

Ran...!

RAN!

RAN! WAKE UP!

"RAN! WAKE UP, YOU BIG DUMMY!"

Ran was cut off of her thoughts when she heard Sonoko's voice. "H-Huh? S-Sonoko?" Ran looked at the worried gaze of her best friend, then turned her head around the classroom, only to see her classmates that were looking at their whole conversation. "Huh..? What just happened?" Ran asked as if she didn't know what happened.

"You went nuts, that's what happened," Sonoko replied. "I was asking you questions about your nightmare, then suddenly you stopped as if you didn't even breathe even one gulp of air, that's why I tried to wake you up," Sonoko explained the whole situation. "That's scared the hell out of me, dude!"

"S-Sorry, Sonoko," she apologized. She then remembered something that her persuader said in her dream.

"Let's see who wins between us and the detective, Angel,"

That statement brought in questions that she wanted to answer.

Why is she saying "win"? Some contest happening? Then the "us" part. Who is the "us" in the statement? Why did she call her "Angel"? And lastly...

Who is the "detective"?

Makes sense, Ran thought. The detective could be either Heiji or Shinichi... but...

"RAN!" Sonoko cut Ran's thoughts off. Ran shook her head and turned to Sonoko in shock. "Ran, what is wrong with you?!"

Ran went steady before shaking her head in response. "N-Nothing really, just a deep thought," she replied.

Sonoko sighed. "I'm kinda scared if you're in a deep thought like that..." Sonoko said. "Ran, please stop that, okay?"

Ran nodded. Soon the bell began to ring, making all the students go back to their classrooms.

*- timeskip at night -*

Ran still hesitated to sleep.

Kogoro, Kazuha, Heiji and Conan are already sleeping soundly, except for her, who was still sitting on her bed, watching the clock as it ticked by.

12:51. she thought. She Ran then lay on her bed then closed her eyes. Whatever! I'm just going to have to try to sleep.

After all, it's just a nightmare...

Right?

R&R!

- Jail Rose