Game

Vermouth laughed, her voice ringing out in her apartment. "How did you like the stunt in the newspaper?" She sat a glass of sherry in front of Haibara. Haibara smiled "Not a bad trick Vermouth" she watched the other woman shake her head "That wasn't me" Haibara looked at her "Then who?" "Cool guys" mother," Vermouth smirked "I'll share a secret with you, both her and I studied together the art of disguise when I was auditioning for a part in a movie when we both were younger" she brushed her hair back "The woman is not bad, but surely could never compare to me" she boasted. She relaxed back on the couch for a moment before reaching under it and pulled a bag out "Here I got you a present! This should keep you entertained more then a coloring book" she grinned tossing it to the child

Haibara opened it up and pulled out a file seeing all the data on her Apoptoxin4869 then snapped her head up looking at he, almost sure Vermouth was fucking with her mind. "Well? You can use it right? To make a cure? Granted you wouldn't be able to take it but "cool guy" can" Vermouth winked at her

Haibara gave a nod "I can but I need test subject I couldn't do it. "That's no problem; I'll run back and forth giving the boy your samples.

Haibara went through all the data that had been printed out for her going through page after page finding everything there and was ecstatic, every last page was there for her everything she needed Vermouth would supply for her. She sat the files back in the bag and took a sip of her namesake. Vermouth looked down at her noting the necklace around the child's neck. "Who gave you that? Did you make a boyfriend already?" she leered "I know Gin is too cheap to spend money on anything other then cigarettes and bullets.

Haibara reached up clutching the cross "No it was an old gift from Vodka when I was 16" "How sweet" was the reply "I remember being 16 it was too many years ago to count" Haibara gave her a weird look "Your only in your 20's "Vermouth shook her head Before your parents were killed they would perform some of their non lethal tests on me.

I should look like I'm in my late 50's now but I'll take eternal youth over looking like a

grandmother any day.

Haibara finished her glass of sherry "The organization set the bomb that killed my parents didn't they?" Vermouth gave a nod "They were starting to rise up and refusing to continue to make the creation the boss wished of them, this is what happens when you don't fallow the rules. You become too much of a liability and then you get taken out. Things must run smoothly for all the many countless members of this organization to work together.

Vermouth put her glass down and took both of Haibaras hands serious and made Haibara face her "I knew we hated each other back then. Always feuding for Gins attention, but I want you to promise me that in exchange for helping you I want you to testify on everyone in this organization. You can't let your feelings and emotions for any attachments get in the way, if you do then they can rebuild when it would seem everything has crumbled. Haibara watched her hard "Alright"

Weeks later and she was already underway to relearning everything about the profession that she had been in before. Her freedom in Kir and Vermouths apartment the nights they had to watch her ended up giving her the time she needed to work on a cure for the drug.

She brushed her hair out of her eyes and tied her hair back in a pony tail as she put the final test of the drug in a pill case then in an envelope. She got her badge out and paged Conan "It's done. I'm sending you two pills. I want you to keep mine safe though it is a high possibility I won't ever be aloud to use it"

Conan grined over his end of the badge getting anxious "How soon can you get it here? Vermouth will meet you in 4 days but you have to promise me that you won't make a scene once you get your body back! You have to stay out of sight from tv reports and the newspapers even if you have to chase on one of your cases."

Haibara sighed looking at the envelope "What will you tell the kids?" Conan paused having been too focused on getting his body back that he had never thought of his new childhood friends "I haven't thought that far ahead yet"

Haibara closed her eyes "Kudo, when you're back to normal do something for me will you? "ah?" "Take care of Ran, that woman deserves you more then you will ever know" she smiled bitterly feeling the tears run down her cheeks having to give up her feelings of love that she had been hiding from him. Conan looked down at the badge hearing the small spike in her voice and knew she was crying again

"I'll protect her with my life"