Chapter Nine: A difficult time to fathom and process

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John's P.O.V

After that….. rather interesting little get together, we all left Angelo's. To give the man his due, he waited in the back room till after Sherlock had summoned him to let us back out. Sometimes I really wonder if Sherlock knows the meaning of the word "nice. I know that I had seemed rather sceptical about the whole…. "monsters" thing… but… I mean….. what her colleague did….. that is something I am not going to forget in a hurry. I was still deep in thought, when Sherlock asked:

"Is something the matter John?" He asked with a smirk. Sometimes, that man could be an incredibly smug git.

"Just thinking about the case…. That's all" I replied, knowing full well that was as see through as a window pane.

"I know it is a lot to take in Doctor Watson…. Trust me, I have been there" Will replied. I glanced at him, having forgotten we were still walking with Magnus's group.

"That's true…. Though you were a bit of a drama queen when Two Face kept pulling pranks on you on your first week" Henry grinned. I know it is stupid, but I had a new…. healthy respect for the guy. He put a new spin on the whole "looks can be bloody deceiving".

"Well I'm sorry, but you wouldn't find it funny if you were woken up with weird flying bugs crawling on you at three in the morning…. Or having your paperwork messed around" Will huffed. I just looked at them.

Sherlock, clearly bored of how this conversation was turning out, turned to Doctor Magnus and said:

"So… where to now then?... I assume you have a destination in mind…. Possibly one of your… Sanctuaries?" He questioned.

Magnus grinned and nodded before adding: "We do however need to make a quick detour…. I want to head back to the crime scene now that hopefully the police have gone so we can conduct a proper investigation of our own…."

"You know what killed her…. Don't you…." He threw her a curious glance.

"I have a hunch…. There was similar case of this….. A while ago…. That a colleague and I had to solve that involved a creature such as this….. However times have changed since then, meaning it is going to be harder to keep covered up thanks to camera phones as well as normal video cameras… and the internet…." She sighed. Clearly, she was not that big on modern technology….. wait…. Just how old exactly was this woman?... Sherlock clearly had the same thought, as he responded with:

"Oh….. of course…. Yes!... hah!" Sherlock clapped his hands and wore a gleeful smirk. I sometimes wondered about the man, truly I did.

"Sherlock….. what are you going on about?"….. I asked with concern.

"It was around…. 1898….. the Ripper case….yes…." He continued grinning…

"Yeah… still not following you Sherlock…." I groaned.

"A string of murders…. All seemingly committed by the one and only Jack the Ripper…. But was there any real connection?"….. He grinned, and threw a glance at Magnus, who smiled calmly. Why was it that I seemed to be the last one in on these things?...

"Look, to save me a load of aggro and humiliation, can you please just cut to the bloody chase?" I sighed.

"Alright fine John….. the good doctor here is not being exactly truthful about her age….. am I correct?"… He grinned defiantly at Magnus, who just smiled broadly.

"You do know Mister Holmes it is impolite to ask a woman her true age…..?" Magnus laughed, before adding:

"You are right Mister Holmes….. I am over 150 years old….." She grinned.

I just stood there stunned… Sherlock just stood there grinning. He eventually spoke, and said:

"Oh you are a woman that is full of surprises…."

I tried to compose myself. First I hear that creatures of legend are real…. Now this woman was over 100 years old… what on earth was going on… was this some weird parallel universe or something….. I tried to think of something to say….. and only came up with…

"You…. Look…. Good"…..

Smooth John…. Really smooth…

WN: And that is it for now…. A new chapter I am hoping will be up tomorrow….. till then please read and review…. Thanks!