Hidemi Hondo was waiting.

She was no stranger to death. Nor did she fear death. Which was why she was here at this ungodly hour when no living soul was around, not even them. But she knew that this was the only way she could meet her three cohorts in person. The shadows grew thicker as they emerged from the darkness. Subaru Okiya walked towards her steadily. Following him was Conan. The last person was the girl she came to know as Ai.

Subaru stepped in front of her and gazed at her mirthfully. Reaching up, he took off his disguise. Hidemi stared at the face of the man before her.

"I am sorry." she said softly

Shuichi took her hand in his

"It had to be you. If it were anyone else, they wouldn't have shown any mercy to either me or you." he said

There was a small pause. Then Shuichi coughed.

"Time to tell you the real reason we're here. I assume you know who the children really are."

"Yes, pretty much." Hidemi confirmed

"So." Shuichi continued "Since the four of us are in danger, I thought that we should create organization of our own to protect ourselves. We'll invite anyone and everyone who might be targeted by them and induct them."

The next four days were spent tracking down everyone involved and telling him of the new organization's headquarters. The police officers were excluded from the project because they could defend themselves. Of course, the four who came up with the idea hid themselves and entrusted the leadership of organization to the next best person, namely Rei Masumi.

Two days passed since then and Rei took her responsibilities seriously, much to the chagrin of her two children, one of whom was the brains behind everything.

"Seriously, mother?" Sera groaned "Did you have to go that far?"

"It's for the safety of us all." Rei explained, smiling mischievously

"Actually, I'd have to agree with her and I am one of four people that can overturn your decision." Shuichi said "Therefore, this won't happen."

"I am hungry..." a voice came from adjacent room

"You always are hungry." a feminine voice chided

"I'm cooking up something for lynch." Hidemi called from the kitchen.

Conan and Ai sat on the couch in the living room, watching TV intently. Until Kaito Kuroba and Rei Masumi snuck up behind them and dropped ice cubes onto their backs, causing the two to leap in suprise. Conan turned around, gawking at Kaito

"I can have you fired." Conan said

"I'll back that statement up." Ai added, shrugging

Kaito just smirked and went about his business. Ai and Conan started whispering to each other.

The next morning dawned. Everybody got out of bed. However, when Kaito entered the bathroom, he let out an unearthly shriek. There, in the bathtub, there was a fish. A living fish, swimming in the water and staring at him with bulging eyes.

A/N: The plot intensifies next chapter, so stay tuned!