The Impossible Murder, part 9
Title:The Impossible Murder, part 9
Author:Phantom_Kaito
Rating:PG-13/K+
Disclaimer:See part 1 for disclaimer
Notes: crossposted to dannyphantom
Previous Chapters: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8
Yutaya's Best Fanart yet: The Phantom Detective and Company ♥
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Eri Kisaki awoke at a quarter to six as usual. She slipped on a robe and went into her kitchen. She poured herself a cup of coffee and relaxed while she read the paper. The she took a quick shower and sat down in front of her vanity.
It was only then that she noticed the white envelope white envelope with her name on it.
Eri felt a chill down her spine. There was no way someone could have gotten in her apartment, in her bedroom, without her knowing.
Tentatively she opened the envelope. Inside were several printouts and a cover letter.
Kisaki-san,
As the Fenton’s attorney I feel you have the right to know who would mean the Fentons harm. One name comes to the top of the list, Vlad Masters.
Vlad holds a grudge against Jack Fenton for an accident that occurred in their college years, which resulted in Vlad’s face getting disfigured.
The print offs in the envelope are reports of people who have died or mysteriously vanished after crossing Vlad Masters. As you can see, there are quite a few.
You also might want to look at comparing the finger and thumbprints the police found on the post-it note to Masters.
-Phantom
For a second, just a second, Eri was too stunned to move, then she poured over the print outs, analyzing them. Then she grinned and hurried to the phone.
~
“Ah, sweet freedom!” said Jack, stretching.
“Ms. Kisaki, we can’t thank you enough!” declared Maddie as she shook the lawyer’s hand.
“Don’t mention it.” Said Eri coolly. “The evidence was flimsy enough to have you acquitted anyway.”
“Yeah,” said Danny, “But it’s nice to know that the real killer is getting what he deserves."
He, Jazz, and Conan (who was standing next to Danny) shared a secret grin.
“It’s up to a jury to decide that.” Said Eri. “Truthfully you should have been released when the only evidence pointing to you had obviously been attached by someone else.”
Megure sighed. Kisaki was nothing less than a shark. “Look…”
“Do you people have any idea who I am?!” came a scream from the hallway.
Jack’s eyes widened in astonishment. “V-man?”
Vlad Masters, his hands cuffed behind his back, swung his head at the sound of the voice he hated more than anything else in the world. His eyes flashed red for a moment, then he regained his composure. “Jack my dear friend, I didn’t know you were in this country.”
“You know this guy?” Megure asked.
“Know him, he’s my best friend!” declared Jack.
“Any reason he might want to frame you for the murder of Hiro Segawa?”
“V-man? He’d never do that! He must have been framed too!”
Megure looked over the Fentons. Jack was disbelieving, Maddie was enraged, and the kid looked grim yet relieved. So only Jack Fenton’s having a hard time imagining Vlad as a killer. Interesting.
“Anyway, I’m sure my lawyers will have me out of here soon. Perhaps we can meet up with each other later.” He spoke to Jack but his eyes were on the small boy hiding behind his arch enemy.
I underestimated you boy. A mistake I don’t make often and one I will not make again with you.
~
“WOOOHOOO!” screamed Danny. “I can’t believe we did it! Vlad’s in jail!”
“There’s still the trial, little brother,” Jazz reminded him. But she was smiling too.
“And it’s all thanks to you!” Before Conan could protest, Danny picked him up and swung him around. “You rock!”
“Could you not do that?” asked Conan.
“Sorry,” Danny apologized cheerfully. “If you ever need anything…”
“I’m fine, unless you can age me ten years. But seriously, this is what I do. I’m just glad Vlad’s off the streets.”
Their celebration was cut short as a loud explosion went off. Danny didn’t hesitate and took off in the direction of the blast, ducking down an alley and transforming, before flying the rest of the way.
“Danny!” Jazz started to follow, then turned back to Conan.
“Go. I can get home on my own.” Jazz nodded and took off after her brother.
~
Danny wasn’t too surprised to find the explosion had come from the police station. The police were in a frazzle, trying to save evidence, stop prisoners from escaping holding cells, and just trying to figure out what was happening. He subtly used his invisibility to take out a few of the more dangerous looking prisoners before a wisp of blue smoke escaped his breath.
“Oh no…”
Following his instincts he found himself in a surprisingly empty hallway where a single officer was trying to stop a black knight on a fiery horse from kidnapping a seemingly unconscious Vlad Masters.
“Put the prisoner down and get off your horse” ordered the officer, shakily drawing a bead on the knight.
“Foolish Mortal,” laughed the Fright Knight. “Lord Plasmius has ordered this human brought to him. And no living human in going to stop me!”
“How about a dead one?” asked Danny as he flew in, punching the Fright Knight in the face, knocking him off the NightMare, who whinnied and bucked. This resulted in Vlad getting thrown and knocked unconscious for real.
“Insolent peasant!” cried the Knight, drawing the SoulShredder.
Danny just blasted him through a wall.
“What are you? What’s going on?” asked the cop, who Danny was surprised to notice was the same one he had possessed earlier.
“You can put down the gun officer,” Danny said, trying to look non-threatening. “The guy in black was trying to bust Masters here out of prison. Despite how Fright Knight tried to make it sound, Plasmius actually works for Masters.”
Suddenly Fright Knight came up through the floor and tried to surprise Phantom, who merely sidestepped and sucked him into the thermos.
“Fools” Fright Knight declared as he was sucked in. “You have merely fallen into my master's trap!”
“What? Oh no…” Danny turned to Takagi. “Get Masters back in his cell!”
“What about you?”
“This was just a diversion! I’ve got to stop them!” Danny turned invisible again and flew trough the ceiling.
Takagi glanced around the destroyed hallway and wondered how he was going to explain this.
~
Conan hurried home. He really liked Danny and Jazz, but all this ghost stuff was seriously weirding him out. And besides Ran was home by now, and he wanted to make sure she was okay. Two more blocks. One more…
Suddenly he felt something clamp down on each shoulder and his feet lift off the ground. WHAT?
Conan looked up to find himself in the talons of some kind of fiery green vulture, one of a set of three that was in effect kidnapping him.
“The Hell?!”
“Oi, outta the mouths of babes” said one of the vultures.
“Kids today, so disrespectful.” Another agreed.
“So whatta we going to do with him?”
“I dunno, Mr. Plasmius just said to dump him where no one would find him.”
“He couldn’t have been more specific?”
“Why don’t we just dump him in the ghost zone or something?”
“That works for me”
“Sure”
“Let me go!” Conan protested, struggling even harder. The vultures ignored him and flew towards Dalv Inc.
~
“You can’t do this!” Conan protested.
“Quit yer yapping” scolded one of the vultures.
“Yeah, besides everyone ends up here eventually,” said the vulture that was holding him, before throwing him into the glowing green gateway.
Conan felt something comparable to a full body static shock as he passed through the gateway. The next thing he felt was cold. It wasn’t just cold air like in winter, but a cold that seemed to come from within him as well.
He had no control as he drifted past several strange doors, the cold seeming to get stronger every second. “I want to go home! I want RAN!” he screamed before he blanked out.
~
Ran Mori sighed. Her head was still sore from where she had hit it. She had come home to an empty house. Conan had left a note saying he was at Agasa’s and her father was Kami knew where.
She sighed. Shinichi hadn’t called, hadn’t visited her. True he probably didn’t even know she had been hurt, but she had still been hoping he’d show up. Ran sighed again. It was so lonely without him.
“RAN!”
Her heart fluttered at the sound of his voice. She bolted from her room and there he was, standing in the living room.
“Shinichi where have you been!” she cried, flinging herself at him.
But instead of solid warm flesh she fell through what felt like frigid air before landing on the floor. “Wha...?” She took a hard look at him and noticed a few things she hadn’t before. Like the panicked look on his face or the fact that his skin was slightly translucent. “Shinichi what’s going on?”
He looked at her, eyes filled with shock and despair. “Ran I…I think I’m dying…”
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Author:Phantom_Kaito
Rating:PG-13/K+
Disclaimer:See part 1 for disclaimer
Notes: crossposted to dannyphantom
Previous Chapters: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8
Yutaya's Best Fanart yet: The Phantom Detective and Company ♥
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Eri Kisaki awoke at a quarter to six as usual. She slipped on a robe and went into her kitchen. She poured herself a cup of coffee and relaxed while she read the paper. The she took a quick shower and sat down in front of her vanity.
It was only then that she noticed the white envelope white envelope with her name on it.
Eri felt a chill down her spine. There was no way someone could have gotten in her apartment, in her bedroom, without her knowing.
Tentatively she opened the envelope. Inside were several printouts and a cover letter.
Kisaki-san,
As the Fenton’s attorney I feel you have the right to know who would mean the Fentons harm. One name comes to the top of the list, Vlad Masters.
Vlad holds a grudge against Jack Fenton for an accident that occurred in their college years, which resulted in Vlad’s face getting disfigured.
The print offs in the envelope are reports of people who have died or mysteriously vanished after crossing Vlad Masters. As you can see, there are quite a few.
You also might want to look at comparing the finger and thumbprints the police found on the post-it note to Masters.
-Phantom
For a second, just a second, Eri was too stunned to move, then she poured over the print outs, analyzing them. Then she grinned and hurried to the phone.
~
“Ah, sweet freedom!” said Jack, stretching.
“Ms. Kisaki, we can’t thank you enough!” declared Maddie as she shook the lawyer’s hand.
“Don’t mention it.” Said Eri coolly. “The evidence was flimsy enough to have you acquitted anyway.”
“Yeah,” said Danny, “But it’s nice to know that the real killer is getting what he deserves."
He, Jazz, and Conan (who was standing next to Danny) shared a secret grin.
“It’s up to a jury to decide that.” Said Eri. “Truthfully you should have been released when the only evidence pointing to you had obviously been attached by someone else.”
Megure sighed. Kisaki was nothing less than a shark. “Look…”
“Do you people have any idea who I am?!” came a scream from the hallway.
Jack’s eyes widened in astonishment. “V-man?”
Vlad Masters, his hands cuffed behind his back, swung his head at the sound of the voice he hated more than anything else in the world. His eyes flashed red for a moment, then he regained his composure. “Jack my dear friend, I didn’t know you were in this country.”
“You know this guy?” Megure asked.
“Know him, he’s my best friend!” declared Jack.
“Any reason he might want to frame you for the murder of Hiro Segawa?”
“V-man? He’d never do that! He must have been framed too!”
Megure looked over the Fentons. Jack was disbelieving, Maddie was enraged, and the kid looked grim yet relieved. So only Jack Fenton’s having a hard time imagining Vlad as a killer. Interesting.
“Anyway, I’m sure my lawyers will have me out of here soon. Perhaps we can meet up with each other later.” He spoke to Jack but his eyes were on the small boy hiding behind his arch enemy.
I underestimated you boy. A mistake I don’t make often and one I will not make again with you.
~
“WOOOHOOO!” screamed Danny. “I can’t believe we did it! Vlad’s in jail!”
“There’s still the trial, little brother,” Jazz reminded him. But she was smiling too.
“And it’s all thanks to you!” Before Conan could protest, Danny picked him up and swung him around. “You rock!”
“Could you not do that?” asked Conan.
“Sorry,” Danny apologized cheerfully. “If you ever need anything…”
“I’m fine, unless you can age me ten years. But seriously, this is what I do. I’m just glad Vlad’s off the streets.”
Their celebration was cut short as a loud explosion went off. Danny didn’t hesitate and took off in the direction of the blast, ducking down an alley and transforming, before flying the rest of the way.
“Danny!” Jazz started to follow, then turned back to Conan.
“Go. I can get home on my own.” Jazz nodded and took off after her brother.
~
Danny wasn’t too surprised to find the explosion had come from the police station. The police were in a frazzle, trying to save evidence, stop prisoners from escaping holding cells, and just trying to figure out what was happening. He subtly used his invisibility to take out a few of the more dangerous looking prisoners before a wisp of blue smoke escaped his breath.
“Oh no…”
Following his instincts he found himself in a surprisingly empty hallway where a single officer was trying to stop a black knight on a fiery horse from kidnapping a seemingly unconscious Vlad Masters.
“Put the prisoner down and get off your horse” ordered the officer, shakily drawing a bead on the knight.
“Foolish Mortal,” laughed the Fright Knight. “Lord Plasmius has ordered this human brought to him. And no living human in going to stop me!”
“How about a dead one?” asked Danny as he flew in, punching the Fright Knight in the face, knocking him off the NightMare, who whinnied and bucked. This resulted in Vlad getting thrown and knocked unconscious for real.
“Insolent peasant!” cried the Knight, drawing the SoulShredder.
Danny just blasted him through a wall.
“What are you? What’s going on?” asked the cop, who Danny was surprised to notice was the same one he had possessed earlier.
“You can put down the gun officer,” Danny said, trying to look non-threatening. “The guy in black was trying to bust Masters here out of prison. Despite how Fright Knight tried to make it sound, Plasmius actually works for Masters.”
Suddenly Fright Knight came up through the floor and tried to surprise Phantom, who merely sidestepped and sucked him into the thermos.
“Fools” Fright Knight declared as he was sucked in. “You have merely fallen into my master's trap!”
“What? Oh no…” Danny turned to Takagi. “Get Masters back in his cell!”
“What about you?”
“This was just a diversion! I’ve got to stop them!” Danny turned invisible again and flew trough the ceiling.
Takagi glanced around the destroyed hallway and wondered how he was going to explain this.
~
Conan hurried home. He really liked Danny and Jazz, but all this ghost stuff was seriously weirding him out. And besides Ran was home by now, and he wanted to make sure she was okay. Two more blocks. One more…
Suddenly he felt something clamp down on each shoulder and his feet lift off the ground. WHAT?
Conan looked up to find himself in the talons of some kind of fiery green vulture, one of a set of three that was in effect kidnapping him.
“The Hell?!”
“Oi, outta the mouths of babes” said one of the vultures.
“Kids today, so disrespectful.” Another agreed.
“So whatta we going to do with him?”
“I dunno, Mr. Plasmius just said to dump him where no one would find him.”
“He couldn’t have been more specific?”
“Why don’t we just dump him in the ghost zone or something?”
“That works for me”
“Sure”
“Let me go!” Conan protested, struggling even harder. The vultures ignored him and flew towards Dalv Inc.
~
“You can’t do this!” Conan protested.
“Quit yer yapping” scolded one of the vultures.
“Yeah, besides everyone ends up here eventually,” said the vulture that was holding him, before throwing him into the glowing green gateway.
Conan felt something comparable to a full body static shock as he passed through the gateway. The next thing he felt was cold. It wasn’t just cold air like in winter, but a cold that seemed to come from within him as well.
He had no control as he drifted past several strange doors, the cold seeming to get stronger every second. “I want to go home! I want RAN!” he screamed before he blanked out.
~
Ran Mori sighed. Her head was still sore from where she had hit it. She had come home to an empty house. Conan had left a note saying he was at Agasa’s and her father was Kami knew where.
She sighed. Shinichi hadn’t called, hadn’t visited her. True he probably didn’t even know she had been hurt, but she had still been hoping he’d show up. Ran sighed again. It was so lonely without him.
“RAN!”
Her heart fluttered at the sound of his voice. She bolted from her room and there he was, standing in the living room.
“Shinichi where have you been!” she cried, flinging herself at him.
But instead of solid warm flesh she fell through what felt like frigid air before landing on the floor. “Wha...?” She took a hard look at him and noticed a few things she hadn’t before. Like the panicked look on his face or the fact that his skin was slightly translucent. “Shinichi what’s going on?”
He looked at her, eyes filled with shock and despair. “Ran I…I think I’m dying…”
Also, in place of the omake, because i flat out did not have time this week, 2 icon for the omake:
Feel free to take.