Thump Thump. Thump Thump. Thump Thump. Another early morning and Sara was running as fast as she could. She stole from a fruit stand and the police were running after her. The sad thing was that she was seven years old. Innocence broken. She ran into an alley and looked back and kicked a trashcan out of the way and a few tripped over that. An officer called "Officer Venti requesting back up"
Sara then heard sirens behind her and she smirked and ran faster with her bare feet and practically flew past pedestrians. She went under a tunnel and hid in a sewage pipe and crawled inside and looked around and made her way out by Scotland yard. She crawled out and Lestrade and Sally noticed her once she looked at them "OI! Get back over here!" He yelled and chased after her and Sara ran off again quickly.
"This is SO not my division" He panted and kept running. Sara looked back before bumping forcibly into a rather tall male and fell down, fruit going on the ground.
"GET BACK HERE!" Lestrade yelled as she gathered the food in her satchel and nodded at the tall male as an apology and dashed off again.
Little did Sara knew, the man she bumped into was John Watson, although not that tall, was tall to her. Lestrade stopped and took a breath of exhaustion "Morning John" he panted and looked to see Sara gone "Damnit!" He scolded.
"Why are you chasing a seven year old, if you don't mind me asking" John asked
"You mean that red-haired demon? She's been stealing food for months and we have failed to catch her. We are trying to get her into the Homeless network" He panted
"Maybe try to get Sherlock on it?" He asked
"No... I have a plan to catch her tomorrow morning. Beat her at her own little game" He smirked slightly "But if you want him to help that would be great too" He nodded as he stood straight.
Meanwhile, Sara ran back to the warehouse at which she lived in and opened the door and then shut it again "Dash!" Sara called and a German Sheppard puppy ran over to her, barking happily and licked her face "Hehe! Alright boy I grabbed breakfast for me and I also grabbed some scraped meat. Such a waste" She chuckled and she sat with him and gave him the meat as he happily chewed on it. Sara took a bite of an apple and nodded gently in content.
John made his way with the groceries and milk "Morning Sherlock" He said "I got you your groceries like you asked" he added. Sherlock was in his chair and was in his mind palace "Morning John" he greeted in his usual monotone. John put the groceries away "By the way..." John started
"I'm already aware of your encounter this morning and Lestrade contacted me about it even though he wanted you to tell me about it. I'm not interested in the child. The yard is just stupid for not being able to catch a tiny child orphan, if they really needed my help, they would give me an interesting case" He stood and looked at him
"But they do need your help... Sherlock, we haven't had a case in months and this could help that itch for a little bit" John said
"But A KID John, A bloody kid! Even I could catch her easily!" Sherlock boasted
"Then go tomorrow and help the damn ambush" John exclaimed
"Fine!" Sherlock said and then realized "God dammit" He groaned.
A few hours later Lestrade called Sherlock to discuss the plan. Lestrade sat in his chair and nodded "Hello Sherlock. Called to talk about tomorrow" he started
"Alright. What's your plan?" Sherlock asked uninterested slightly
"I know that the girl will be in the area tomorrow" Lestrade started "So my suggestion is to ambush her and if she tries to run, we corner her" He suggested
"Why didn't you do that in the damn first place Lestrade?" Sherlock question
"I-...I'm not sure. Meet me at Scotland yard around 6 o'clock tomorrow morning and We'll chat more" replied Lestrade before hanging up.
John looked up from his laptop "Was that Lestrade?" he asked
"Yep" Sherlock gave a curt nod and a quiet sigh "We are meeting Lestrade at 6 tomorrow morning. You don't have to come, but it would be nice" Sherlock leaned back in his chair gently, waiting.