We had never intended for the Irregulars to ever wind up in the middle of a case. They were helpful investigators, but we would never send them into something too dangerous.
But now, a man who had already murdered four people was holding a knife to Wiggins' throat, backing away from Holmes and I.
"You try anything and he dies!" The man shouted. It was only bad luck that Wiggins, who had been looking for a clue for Holmes, had wound up in the same place we had and the murderer had taken full advantage of the presence of a child.
"Let him go, he is not involved!" Holmes said, looking angry that Wiggins was being threatened and scared for the boy's life.
Wiggins didn't look too scared. He was handling it all very well. He wasn't crying or doing anything to cause the knife to get closer to his throat.
In fact, it looked like the man's grip on Wiggins was loosening. He was growing confident that he would escape, and he didn't expect Wiggins to try anything. Suddenly Wiggins bit the man's hand and struggled free, running towards us.
I saw the man pull a gun out and prepare to fire. I had already whisked out my own revolver and as we fired simultaneously there was a loud bang.
Had to add in a bit of danger. Obviously there will be a sequel... sometime.