Where's Conan
charpter 3 Where's Conan?
Same day 12'o'clock Kudo Villa:
„Hey, Sonoko, are you ready for leaving?", Ran asked.
„Almost, but I don't understand, why I have to leave. Shinichi didn't even appear. Only that brat!", Sonoko exclaimed.
„Yeah, but today Mister and Misses Kudo are arriving in Tokyo and I don't want to know how they'll react if we tell them our plan."
„You're right. Ok. I am ready. Let's go!", Sonoko took her purse and gave Ran the basket they brought.
„Ok!"
Then the girls left.
Same time in a warehouse in the outskirt of tokyo about 25km away from beika:
Conan was laying on the wall. He was tied to his hands behind his back and also his feet were bound. Slowly he opened his eyes. 'Where am I?', he asked himself.
„Good morning, sleepy head, slept well?", the blonde asked.
„Vermouth! I should have known!", was everything Conan could say.
„Yeah. You should but you didn't."
„Could you at least tell me why you narcotized me and brought me here?", he asked rebellious.
„I want information!", she said calm.
„Information? About what?", the boy asked.
„About Sherry, off course!", Vermouth answered malicious.
„Sherry? From whom are you talking?", Conan said innocently.
„Don't play dumb. You are in contact with her. Now tell me everything you know about her!"
„No, I won't!", Conan denied.
„Oh, you will tell me!", she gently stroked over his cheek. He tried to defend himself, but with hands tied up behind his back, it was hardly possible.
„What makes you sure of that?"
„I have my ways and I can wait!" Vermouth went to the door. „I will look after you later. Don't try to escape. Off course I manipulated your gadgets, so your shoes, wrist watch and bow-tie can't help you anymore. Furthermore you room will be locked up. Bye Bye, silver bullet." Then she left. She knew that soon the hunger and thirst would overcome him, that he would say everything she want. And for an emergency vermouth still had her secret weapon.
Meanwhile Ran and Sonoko brought their stuff in the detective agency.
„Oto-san. Has Conan shown up here yet?", Ran asked Kogoro, who was watching horce races at the moment.
„Nope...Hey, why are you back this early?", he asked.
„We kinda got busted by that brat!", Sonoko said.
„Yeah and he said, he wanted to be home soon. I wonder where he is?", Ran said worrying.
„Probably he is still at Hakase's. Don't worry!", Kogoro said.
„I wanna get sure. I call Hakase." Ran got the phone and dialed the number.
„Moshi moshi. Agasa residence. Ai on the phone!"
„Ai-chan, here's Ran. Is Conan there?"
„So he found you. Did he tell you?"
„Yes, he did. But is he with you?"
„No, we saw him the last time, when he solved the mystery on the letter and ran off. At about 8.15 this morning."
„Do you know where he could be?"
„When he isn't with you, I don't know!"
„Ok thank you. Is it Ok, when I am coming over?"
„No. 'til then!"
Then she hang up.
„I guess, he isn't there, right?", Sonoko observed.
„Right. C'mon, Sonoko, we go to Hakase."
„What? I can't I have to go home. I got an important message while you were on the phone."
„Oh...then I go alone!"
„Do that. I call you later. Jya mata, ne!" Sonoko left.
„Alright. I am going, too!", Ran said, putting on her jacket.
„Mate! What about my lunch!" Kogoro was upset...and hungry.
„Got to a restaurant!", was all Ran said before she left.
Almost there she noticed a coth on the ground. She picked it up and saw the initials: C.V. Then Ran rang on hakase's door and went in, after Ai opened the door.
"Konnichi wa, Ai-chan.", she greeted the girl.
"Ohayo, Mori-san!"
They went to the sofa and Ran sat down. Ai went to the kitchen and prepared some tea.
"Konnichi wa Ran-kun. What happened?" It was hakase.
"I can't find Conan-kun. Do you have an idea where he could be?", Ran said.
"Iie. Wakari masen. He ran off in the morning and didn't come back ever since. I think he solved the code sonoko wrote down. Shinichi's parents told me what you planned. Unfortunally he couldn't come that's why he sent Conan-kun!"
"Don't bother. He told her everything." It was Ai with the tea.
"Is that true, Ran-kun?", Agasa asked. Ran nodded.
"Hai. He told me. And after that he said that we wanted to go back here and come home soon. Then he left, but as you said he didn't arrive here.", Ran said.
"Maybe something happened to him. Mori-san, did you notice anything suspicious when between the to houses?", Ai asked a little worried. 'Baka ne. If something happened to you...'
"Now that you mentioned it, it picked up a cloth which was laying on the ground.", she put it out of her poket. "Here!" Ran gave it to the girl.
'C.V...oh no...it stands for Chris Vineyard.', Ai thought. She smelled at the the cloth. 'Chloroform! THEY got them! Oh Kudo-kun, I told you it's too dangerous.'
"And do you know more now?", the brunette asked. 'Oh please, Shinichi, hopefully nothing happened to you!'
"Yes, I have no doubts. It's Vermouth. For sure.", she answered serious.
Ran's eyes shot opened. "Did you just Vermouth? Then he's in danger. He have to find him!"
"Yes, we have to, but not alone. We wait until Kudo-kun's parents arrive and then we go to the police. The organisation is a strong enemy. Too strong for us alone!", Ai said furious.
"But we have to hurry and find him! Before it's too late."
"Before what's too late?", the heard a familar voice from the door.
"O...ohayo, Yukiko-san, Yusaku-san, we were awaiting you.", Hakase greeted them.
"Why? Did something happen?", Yukiko asked.
"Well...it's like...", Hakase tried to explain carefully, but Ai just said:
"Kudo-kun had been kidnapped by Vermouth, a member of the organisation!"
Yukiko was shocked. "Oh no. My little Shin-chan had been kidnapped. What should we do now?"
"Certainly it's just a joke, isn't it? Shinichi would never be so careless and get himself kidnapped.", Yusaku stayed serious.
"That isn't a joke. They used Chloroform to get him. We found a cloth!"
"But that needn't to mean, that he has been kidnapped.", Yukiko said sobbingly.
"Unfortunally It does. He solve my and Sonoko's Code, came over, we had a talk and he said, he wanted to come here and afterwards home, but he didn't arrive here. So something must have happened to him when he walked over!", Ran began.
"And on the sidewalk layed that cloth, with the initials C.V, what means Chris Vineyard, who is kwon in the organisation as Vermouth. And it smells sweetish like Chloroform.", Ai continued.
"That means, we have to expect he's kidnapped. That's for sure.", Yusaku admitted. "We should go to the police!"
"Yes and we have to hurry!", Ran commanded.
"Then let's go! We take my car!", Hakase said.
30 minutes later, Tokyo Police department
The Five entered the police department. "A lot is ging on here today!", Ran said amazed.
"That's because of the meeting of the Police of Tokyo and Osaka!", they heard a familar voice.
"Hattori-kun.", Hakase greeted him.
"Ohayo, Mori-san, Agasa-hakase, Ai-chan and you are certainly Kudo's parents, but where is kudo...er...I mean Conan-kun.
"What are you doing here?", Hakase asked.
"As I said, a meeting of the police. By the way, Kazuha is here as well!"
"konnichi wa Ran-chan! What brings you here?", the girl greeted her friend when she saw her.
"Kazuha-chan! Something terrible happened!"
"Oioioi, I still want to know, where Ku...ku...ku...Conan-kun is!", complained Heiji.
"Well, Hattori-kun. He's is the reason why we are here."
