CuddlePanda

Red String of Fate

Chapter 14

At the station, Inspector McGuire picked up his phone. “Hello?”
“It’s me, Jimmy Kudo,” Jimmy said. Inspector McGuire exclaimed, “Kudo!
We’ve been waiting for you!” At the mention of Jimmy’s name, Richard scowled.
Jimmy, on the other line, replied, “I heard everything from Professor Agasa and
I’ve figured it out. The bombs are in between the rails.” “Between the rails?!”
Inspector McGuire said. Jimmy continued, “The bombs are set so that if there’s no light
for a certain number of seconds, they will explode. When the trains pass over the bombs,
the light is obstructed for a few seconds. If the trains don’t run for at least 60 km/h,
the light will be obstructed for too long and the bomb will explode.
Therefore, please divert the trains on the Circular Line to a different track right away.
Once they’re off the Circular Line tracks, there will be no danger of an explosion.” 

Inspector McGuire said, “Got it.” He ordered the station chief to transfer the trains
to a different track. Each train had been successfully diverted and the passengers
were able to get off. George, Amy, and Mitch happily bounded off the train.

~

A little later, the inspector ordered bomb specialists and officers to find
the five bombs in the rails. Each bomb was located and defused.
Back at the hospital, the Inspector shook his head and said,
“It’s too early to celebrate. It seems the bombs only contained a quarter
of the stolen explosives. So that means the culprit still has the remaining
three fourths of the bombs.” Everyone sighed. Jimmy asked, “By the way,
where were the bombs located exactly?” The Inspector said,
“Well, around regular residential areas...
Oh, right, one was on the top of a bridge on the Summit Canal.” 

On top of a bridge? Jimmy wondered. The professor pointed to a picture
shown on the news on TV. “Isn’t it that one?” he said. Wait,
I saw this picture in the Mort Gallery, Jimmy thought.
“Hey, didn’t Tim Mort design this bridge?” he said.
Richard glanced at the TV and said, “Eh? It is!”
A different news story came up on TV, showing a house burning up in flames.
Jimmy thought, Huh? This building was designed by Tim Mort as well!
Can’t be a coincidence. A news reporter announced, “Regarding the serial arson case, we...”
Richard turned off the TV, saying, “Enough of this, it’s driving me insane.”
Jimmy said, “Hey, I wonder who designed the other buildings
that were damaged in the serial arson case. You should check!
You might find something interesting.”
Mr. Santos said, “Very interesting, indeed.”
~
chapter 14! whee... thanks for reading!~

Red String of Fate

Chapter 13

 

The police though a bit more about the case when Jimmy’s phone began to ring.
Everyone stared at it in silence. Inspector McGuire said,
“If that’s the culprit, give it to us, okay, Conan?” Jimmy nodded, picked up the phone,
and put it on speaker. “Good job, you found the bomb. But the childish games are over.
Bring out Jimmy Kudo.” Richard took the phone and said, “Kudo isn’t present.
I’m your opponent now, the Great Detective, Richard Moore is here!” 

The voice laughed spitefully and said, “Very well. I’ve planted 5 bombs
on the Dover Circular Railway.” Everyone’s eyes widened as the person continued,
“The bombs will explode after 4’ o clock if the trains run slower than 60 kilometers per hour.
If you don’t get rid of them by sunset, they’ll explode anyway. Good luck, Great Detective.”
The call ended. Inspector McGuire called the railroad station
and told them to keep the trains running non-stop
at more than 60 km/h or the bombs would explode. 

~

Meanwhile, Amy, George, and Mitch ran as hard as they could to the station.
Jumping onto the train, they panted and sat on a bench.
“We made it!” Mitch said, tiredly. “I thought we wouldn’t be able to get home!”
George exclaimed. A few minutes later, a voice overhead announced,
“The trains will be running non-stop, please cooperate with us.
If you find suspicious objects, give them to the conductor right away.”
The passengers started to murmur and the kids got fidgety. 

~

At the hospital, Inspector McGuire said, “Richard, Santos, come with me.
We’re going to Dover Circular Railway.” “Yes!” Richard said with a salute.
The three left while Jimmy pondered over the bomb case.
The professor looked out the window and said,
“What happened to your skateboard, Jimmy?”
“Oops, I kind of... destroyed it. Well, the bomb did. Sorry,”
Jimmy said, laughing nervously. The professor turned to him and said,
“Aw, really? I made it a solar-powered one and everything!”
Jimmy laughed but his laughter trailed away... Solar? Sunset... Jimmy thought.
Suddenly, it felt as if lightning struck his mind. “I-I’ve got it, I understand now!”
The professor said, “Huh?” Jimmy jumped out of bed and called Inspector McGuire. 

Red String of Fate

Chapter 12

The last thing Jimmy heard was a deafening boom and the last thing
he felt was the air being knocked out of him.

"Conan? Are you awake?" Jimmy slowly opened his eyes and saw George,
Mitch, Amy, the professor, Richard Moore,and a doctor and nurse. He
was laying in a hospital bed. Amy smiled and said,
"Ah, I'm so relieved that you're ok, Conan!"

Richard got up from his chair and yelled, "Conan, what were
you thinking?! You could have died!" Jimmy said sheepishly, "Hehe..." while
the professor tried to calm Richard down. After a check-up, the doctor announced,
“Thankfully, Conan only has a few scratches. He can be dispatched tomorrow.”
Richard sighed as the doctor left the room and Inspector McGuire and Mr. Santos came in.
Inspector McGuire said, “Conan, I need you to tell me about this case.” Conan nodded.

Red String of Fate

Chapter 11

Darn, Jimmy thought. He fumbled with his bowtie
while the voice said, "I see, he figures sending a kid like you is enough
to deal with me, doesn't he?" A kid like me? Jimmy thought, Is he watching me?
Jimmy looked around as the voice continued, "Listen, the next bomb
will go off at precisely 1 o'clock. It's located at the plaza in front of Baker Station."
Jimmy glanced at his watch while the strange voice said, "If Kudo isn't coming,
you should get going." Jimmy thought, I need more info.

He said as cutely as he could, "Wait, I'm just a kid! I need a hint!"
The voice sneered, "It's under a tree. But it doesn't mean it's buried under a tree.
If you don't hurry, someone might run off with it." And with that, the caller hung up.
Jimmy jumped on his skateboard and rushed to Baker Station.
~
At Baker Station, Jimmy rushed to the plaza. He looked at the base of each tree,
but there was nothing there. Maybe I need to look from above, Jimmy thought.
He ran hurriedly to a building with a second floor.
Looking out the window, he surveyed the area. His eye caught
an old lady sitting on a bench next to a tree. She looked under the bench
and found a cat carrier with a cute kitten inside. Smiling,
she took it out, held it in her arms, and took the cat carrier with her.
Is that it!? Jimmy thought.
~
He followed the taxi that the old lady got in with his skateboard.
When the road got congested, he caught up to it and jumped in front of it.
The car screeched to a stop, and Jimmy went in the backseat,
said, "Old lady, can I see this?" and snatched the cat carrier from her hands.
He opened it to find a clock, ticking down. Only 25 seconds left!?
Jimmy thought, It can't explode here... Oh, there's an empty lot near the river!

Leaving the confused taxi driver and grandma, he leapt out of the car,
got on his skateboard, and rushed to the lot. At 16 seconds,
the timer stopped. Huh? Jimmy thought as he sped madly to the lot.
Soon, it started ticking again. The lot Jimmy was heading to had a hill.
 Jimmy skated over the hill, jumped off the skateboard
which flew with the cat carrier over the river.
Jimmy tumbled and ran away as far as he could.
He counted in his head, the remaining seconds. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. 0.
~
chapter 11! whee... thanks for reading!~
based upon Detective Conan, a show/series which i don't own!
i just loved it and wanted to reword the story and add in my own stuff, too.

Red String of Fate

Chapter 10

The professor looked at the phone strangely and stammered,
"U-uh, wait one moment." He covered the phone's mouthpiece and whispered urgently,
"Jimmy, there's a weird guy on the phone asking for you! His voice sounds weird!"
"What?" Jimmy took out his bowtie, set it to the voice of Jimmy Kudo, and
said, "Hello?" into the phone. The strange voice said, "You've seen the news, right?
I'm the one who stole the explosives." "What?!" Jimmy yelled.
"Give me your mobile phone number." Jimmy spat, "Why would I give
my number to the likes of you?" "Do you want to cut off your only means
of contacting me?" Jimmy grudgingly gave him the number.
The voice said, "Now take your phone and go to Greenbelt Park.
If you don't hurry, the children will die." Jimmy shouted, "What!?"
The caller hung up and Jimmy ran outside with his turbo engine skateboard.
~
At the park, he met his friends Amy, George, and Mitch flying a radio-controlled plane.
"Where'd you get that!?" Jimmy yelled, panting. Mitch said cheerfully,
"A man with a mustache and beard gave it to us!" George added, "He said it was a bomber!"
Jimmy exclaimed, "A bomber?!" He looked at the plane flying in the sky.
On the bottom of the plane was a suspicious object. Jimmy quickly yelled to Mitch,
"Hey, let me see the controls!" Mitch, George, and Conan started to fight over the controls.
Conan yelled, "There's a bomb on the plane! GIVE IT TO ME NOW." 
George and Mitch yelped and threw the controls in the air. The controls broke
with a snap and Conan yelled, "T-THE ANTENNA BROKE!!!"

The three kids screamed as the plane started to fly amok. It chased them
and flew high up in the air. Then, it began to plummet towards them.
Conan turned on his power kick shoes, threw the remote control in the air, 
and when it came back down, he kicked it hard as he could towards the plane.
The broken remote control met the plane in midair and the bomb exploded,
letting the kids barely escape. Conan coughed from the smoke while
everyone started to panic. The three kids ran to Conan with a few scratches on them
and said, "THANK YOU CONAN!!!!" 
His phone began to ring and when Conan picked up, the
strange voice said, "Where's Jimmy Kudo?"
~
chapter 10! lots of action... ish. lol feedback is welcome
based upon Detective Conan, a show/series which i don't own!
i just loved it and wanted to reword the story and add in my own stuff, too.

Red String of Fate

Chapter 9

The three arrived at Tim Mort's beautiful mansion. Richard said,
"Look, his estate is perfectly symmetrical. Tim Mort is said to be a perfectionist."
Rachel happily viewed the pretty garden.
~
They were introduced to Tim Mort, a nice old man with a prominent mustache.
At the backyard, where the party was being held, they were given a quiz.
Jimmy solved the quiz easily and Rachel and he were given special access
to an art gallery of Tim Mort's architecture.
~
"Wow," Rachel exclaimed as she looked upon the pictures.
"Most of them are perfectly symmetrical!" "Ah, yes, some of the ones
I designed when I was younger are... not symmetrical," Mr. Mort said,
"By the way, are you and Jimmy close?" Rachel nodded hesitantly and said, 
"Well, yes, I suppose. We are childhood friends. May 4th is his birthday,
so I plan to get him a red shirt at the movies! Red is our lucky color."
Tim Mort smiled and said, "That's a great gift, I'm sure he'll be delighted!"
Jimmy thought worriedly, Crap, what do I do about my birthday?!

Rachel pointed to one of the buildings on the wall, saying,
"Hey, that's Baker City Building! You designed this building?
We're going to watch a movie in Baker Cinema One here.
We're meeting on May 3rd, 11 pm." "Ah, yes, that is one of my fondest designs,"
Tim Mort replied, "No better place for a couple to enjoy a date!"
Oh man. What am I going to do? Jimmy thought, anxiously.
~
On May 3rd, Rachel left Moore's Detective Agency, but not before
telling 'Conan', "See you tomorrow, then, Conan!"
Jimmy watched her leave and thought, Ten hours left until 10 pm...What should I do?!
~
Jimmy was back at the professor's place and complaining about what to do.
The news on TV caught his attention. A reporter stated,
"A large quantity of explosives was stolen from a company's warehouse.
The police have mobilized over a hundred officers to investigate but there have been no leads."
The phone on the table rang and Professor Agasa picked it up.
"Hello?" he said.
A voice altered by a voice masking device said,
"Is Jimmy Kudo there?"
~
chapter 8! tell me what you think, please
based upon Detective Conan, a show/series which i don't own!
i just loved it and wanted to reword the story and add in my own stuff, too.

Red String of Fate

Chapter 8

Jimmy sighed and thought, If I could go to the movies, I wouldn't
have asked you to go to the tea party for me. How could I go as Conan?!
Jimmy walked out of the phone booth and ran into Inspector McGuire, 
a police inspector whom he knew, since Rachel's dad was a detective and got
involved in a lot of cases. Jimmy knew some of the officers, as well. 
Inspector McGuire who was a bit chubby greeted Jimmy,
"Oh, Conan! Meet Nicholas Santos! He got assigned to our department."
A handsome but scary detective said mysteriously, "Hello, Conan."
Conan nodded and said, "Bye, I've got to go!"
~
"B-birthday?" Jimmy asked, startled.
"Jimmy and I are going to watch a movie for his birthday!
When it hits midnight, I'm going to surprise him
with the red polo shirt I bought for him," Rachel exclaimed, happily.
Jimmy thought to himself, Oh yeah, May 4th is my birthday... I always forget.
"So, what movie are you going to watch?" Richard asked while gobbling down his food.
"The Legend of the Red Thread!" Rachel replied.
"Red thread?" Richard and Jimmy asked.
"Don't you know about the legend?" Rachel said,
"When a man and woman are meant to be together,
their pinkies are connected by a red thread!"
Rachel blushed and continued, "It's a romantic movie that 
uses that legend as its theme!" Conan nibbled his nail
and thought in dread, A chick flick!

Rachel opened a magazine and showed the two an article. "Look!" she said,
"Jimmy and I both share May's lucky color of red! That's why I thought
we should watch it." Even so, Jimmy thought, there's no way we can
watch movies together. Richard abruptly cried out, "Wait, this is going to be
all night!? A young man and woman in a dark place being all lovey-dovey, no way!"
Rachel shouted, "It's not like that! Jimmy forgets his birthday every year!
I'm just reminding him. Otherwise he's getting old for nothing."
Although ironically I've been getting younger this year, Jimmy thought.

"By the way, Dad, let's go to Tim Mort's tea party! Jimmy was invited, but he
couldn't make it." "Hmph, I'm not going to a party in that brat's place!" Richard replied.
Jimmy said in a cute voice, "Tim Mort's a famous architect! Wouldn't a meeting
between a famous architect and a famous detective be history in the making?"
(Jimmy used his tranquilizer to put Richard to sleep at crime scenes and
use his bowtie to solve cases in Richard's voice, ultimately making
Richard a well-known detective. When Richard wakes up, he doesn't
remember anything, so he takes the credit for Jimmy's deductions.)
"A famous detective and a famous architect, huh?" Richard laughed proudly.
Once again, easy to manipulate... Jimmy thought sarcastically.
~
chapter 8! tell me what you think, please
based upon Detective Conan, a show/series which i don't own!
i just loved it and wanted to reword the story and add in my own stuff, too.