Chapter 7: Final Chapter
"What is going on Holmes? What was in the letter?" we were on a cab in our way to somewhere written on the letter.
"The letter was from Lestrade," answered Holmes, "we are having some problems."
"What kind of problem."
"Well, Watson, I'll have to explain you the whole case so you can understand, but I'm afraid you won't be able to finish the challenge. First of all, you should know the identity of the kidnapper: its ms. April."
"Ms. April!" I exclaimed at surprise. I had expected everyone but her, I even thought that it would have been her sister before her.
"Yes, Ms. April Wolowitz. As you may remember, Ms. Diana told us that she and duke Gerald had met several times after duke Gerald had saved her. What my investigation revealed was that April and Duke Claude Gerald were having a romance. It was true, many different people afirmed it. But of course, a romance won't last forever. A couple of months Gerald finished the love between him and ms. April. Later, gerald got engaged. And a curious fact was that duke Gerald's fiancé happened to disappear last month. When I was investigating the case I came to the theory that ms. April had been the abducter of Duke Gerald, and his fiancé as well. I told Lestrade about it yesterday, just after you departed. I wanted to see if you were able to solve the case, so I put the challenge on you. But today, while we reviewed the case, Lestrade sent me a letter saying that they had found the place where Ms. April was holding Gerald and his fiancé captive, and that also she was planning on murdering both of them. The Scotland Yarders are surrounding them, but it doesn't seem to stop Miss April."
"A passional crime."
" Indeed. But we must run now, we have to arrive before she murders them both."
We arrived at a vault surrounded by Scotland Yard officers. There, Inspector Lestrade met us.
"She's in there with them," he informed, "we have tried to stop her, but she won't cooperate."
I saw how Holmes looked through a window into the vault, he then walked to us.
"She's in there, with Duke Gerald and his fiancé. She's by herself, but she seems determined to kill them. We must stop her."
"But how?" asked Lestrade.
"Go around the back, there is a door. You can enter and prevent her from killing them on time. But you'll need many agents."
"Yes." Lestrade then headed to officers of the Scotland Yard and told them the plan. He then said "everybody moving!"
Lestrade and his team did as Holmes had instructed. They sneaked behind the vault. Lestrade knocked down the door and he with the officers hurried into the place. There they saw Miss April Wolowitz holding a gun towards Duke Gerald and another woman. They ran towards her, wanting to stop them, but didn't reach her on time before she pulled the trigger. Outside I heard the shot and feared that Lestrade and his people had failed, or that one of them was injured. My suspisions were confirmed when Lestrade was carried out with a shot arm. But despite this, it had been a successful mission, for they managed to arrest April Wolowitz and had saved Duke Gearald and his bride-to-be.
"Thank's for the help, Holmes," said Lestrade while his injuries where being taken care, "but your risky plan cost me some blood."
"Don't worry, Lestrade," said Holmes, "you'll survive. We solved another case after all."
The End
That was my first attempt at writting a Sherlock Holmes story. Please R&R. Remember also to check out my new Sherlock Holmes series: The Case of the Black Group.
