Secrets of the Shrunken Ones

Chapter 7: The Airport

"Don't get in the way", Mouri Kogoro instructed two children and one teenager on an airport, where he was supposed to meet Megure-keibu.

"Hai!", the three chorused.

Kogoro started muttering about how they always end up coming with him, which was true, now that Marie thought about it. She had a very good idea how they ended up there. Glancing at Conan she saw him looking around frantically, like looking for someone. Yes, it was the Abe Yutaka thingy. The one where that (evil) man stuck another one into a flaming pillar after having Kogoro follow him for three days. It was evil.

Marie had made a hard decision in the past week. It was not to interrupt almost any of the upcoming murders. If there was a way to do it safely and not attract attention, then she would do it, but only then. Or when she really wanted to save that person. Then she would at least try her hardest.

Marie lifted her gaze to Kogoro-ojiisan. He had been suspicious of them, or just Conan, and had asked about their parents. Agasa had made a cover story again and they were still living with this stupid detective.

She felt a something brush against her right hand briefly and saw Conan running away. She smirked.

Oh, no you don't!

Marie glanced at Ran, who wasn't paying attention to them, so she ran after her brother fully intending to help this time. It seemed like such a perfect opportunity to use her new gadgets. She tapped her new pouch that had a shoulder strap and thought of a toy magic wand -like object that was currently in there. Oh, how she couldn't wait to use it!

She found Conan right before the speakers started calling for Abe Yutaka, telling him to go and meet the dead man in the front parking lot outside the airport. Marie couldn't help but smirk at his brother from afar. He was a genius! Not that she didn't know it already. Pondering her options Marie chose to stay behind and track the detective to the parking lots. Otherwise he would refuse her help.

Dodging people she finally made it to the parking lots and spotted a familiar cowlick running between the cars.

Pffft...! That looks so funny!

Marie ran quietly with her new white and blue sneakers, that Agasa-hakase had (cough, cough) adjusted. She stopped a little ways away from Conan and waited for Abe Yutaka to show up.

There he is!

The evil man came forward and Conan started his reasoning. Marie stared for five seconds and then moved quickly behind the man letting a red car stay between them. Then she took out the Magic Wand. It was light blue and had a star attached to the end. It took a second to find the well hidden button on the handle, but when she pressed it, the light star fell off leaving a strong looking wire attached to it. Marie gave herself a smug smirk and tested the weight of the star and the wire. It was a little heavier, then Marie was used to in rythmic gymnastics, but usable. Then she pressed the tips of her shoes and felt the rush of energy pulsating through. There was a difference to Conan's shoes. He's were for kicking, her's were for jumping.

She lifted her head just in time to see Conan take out a cassette tape.

Now!

Marie threw the star towards the evil man making it a lasso with a familiar twist of her hand. It snapped around the man with a little pull and then Marie made a jump with a flip retracting the wire at the same time. She landed on top of the mans shoulders and quickly put the star back into it's place leaving the wire around the man preventing him from moving. Then she kicked off his shoulders landing on a car tire, that fell to the ground while Marie sat on top of the car.

"You're turn!", she shouted to his shocked brother, that started moving even before she said so.

He hit the tire smashing it to Abe Yutaka's head and the poor guy fell to the ground unconscious. Marie pressed the tips of her toes again and jumped off the car walking to the guy to retrieve her wand. When it was back in her pouch she turned to Conan, who was looking at her with an eyebrow raised.

"You followed me?"

"Of course! I wanted to test these gadgets out!", she said smiling, "And, okay, I was a little worried"

"..."

"..."

"...Rythmic gymnastics, huh?"

Marie grinned, "Always my favourite"

"Do they teach how to jump on top of murderers and tie them from up there?", Conan had a smirk on his face as he put the cassette playing on top of the man.

"Nope! I just figured I could do it. It was easier then jumping on top of a tightrope from a trampoline"

Conan raised his eyebrow again.

"Who does that?"

"Me"

"...Figures"

Conan had known she was good at doing these kinds of stunts, but to use it to capture criminals... it never really even crossed his mind. He looked at her new green hoodie and dark blue shorts. She had tied up her hair in a ponytail for the capture, but took it off now. Her hair fell on her shoulders and it almost reached her hips. She looked like a cute five year old, but could do some crazy things no one never imagined she could.

"You're a genius, you know that?", Marie smiled at him.

"And you're a crazy monkey", Conan smirked at her.

"Thanks! I get that a lot", suddenly she went serious, "But you should let me help more often. This time I had to sneak around or you would have sent me back"

"No, I wouldn't"

"Yes, you would"

A silence fell over the place and the two stared at each other intensely. Finally Conan backed off.

"Fine! We should hide. The adults are coming"

"Yeah. Let's go!", Marie grinned and turned on her heel to hide behind a car waiting for Conan to come there too.

This was a success! She caught a murderer with Conan and got him to see how useful her acrobatics really were.

(She hadn't known it would be that useful either until she had done it)