"Holmes. Holmes, I say. Holmes? Holmes?!" Watson called as he pounded on the door while unlocking it and soon ran through it and panted as he came into the area of residence he needed to go into and soon took a seat suddenly. "You'll never guess where I've been." he then said to the famed detective who was already in the room.
"You've just come from the public house where word amongst the patrons is another diamond robbery has taken place," The detective responded with a small, knowing smile, even if nothing was said to him. "The third in as many days."
"Wow. He's good." Tom whispered to Robyn as they walked in.
"By jove! How did you know that?" Watson asked the famous detective.
"Elementary, my dear Watson," Sherlock told him. "I can tell by the redness of your face by how many blocks you've run four and a quarter knocks which by my calculations would put you at the Raftbone Inn and since there has been talk about little else, but the diamond robberies I concluded that a new one had occured. I assume while meeting our new friends and bringing them along to meet me you neglected to bring a newspaper for verification."
"Whoa. He is good." Robyn whispered to Atticus.
"That's why he's the #1 detective." Atticus smiled.
"And you all have a story of your own!" Sherlock said to the group.
"Us? Story? We don't have a story." Robyn smiled nervously a bit.
"Nonsense!" Sherlock retorted with a smirk. "You all come from a great distance and you've come here to meet me."
The group blinked at each other, not fully sure what to say to that, but it was correct like it was for Watson's visit.
"Drat it, Holmes, sometimes my head is emptier than my hat." Watson said as he removed his bowler hat, looking into it a bit.
"Don't put yourself down," Robyn said softly. "My daddy says that everybody is smart in their own way."
"Robyn's right." Tom smiled.
"Jerry, could you come here please?" Sherlock called out to a mouse hole.
"Uh, who's Jerry?" Jerry asked him even if he did have the same name.
"Oh, he's my assistant mouse." Sherlock answered.
'Another part of history where I'm involved. Maybe Tom's ancestor is too.' Jerry thought to himself.
"Well, this might be a little confusing." Robyn remarked to herself.
"Guess we'll have to come up with new nicknames or something to differentiate the Jerrys." Patch suggested.
Jerry soon went into the mouse hole and he soon saw the mouse assistant working on something scientific. "Huh? What's going on over there?" he then asked himself.
The other Jerry appeared to be pouring and mixing some chemicals like in a science lab. He mixed several of the colorful chemicals together until he got to a color he liked that made him smile.
"Hmm... Kinda reminds me of when me and Tom pretty much played 'Scientist' and had Jekyll and Hyde shenanigans." Jerry commented to himself.
The other Jerry then looked at him curiously, tilting his head.
"Um... Hi..." Jerry said.
The other Jerry just waved at him.
"Man... It's weird seeing the other Toms and Jerrys that don't talk like me and Tom used to until we met Puggsy and Frankie." Jerry commented to himself.
The other Jerry soon picked up the chemical and began to bring it over to another table until it began to start bubbling and looking ready to explode.
"Uh-oh. That doesn't look good." Jerry said.
"I say, Jerry, will you please come here now." Sherlock called out.
And where soon the chemical exploded, causing both Jerrys to be sent flying out of the hole with the other Jerry having his tail covered in ash.
"That's a good look." Tom teased.
The other Jerry just glared at him for saying such a thing.
"Ah, there you are," Sherlock said, grabbing his Jerry by the tail and pulled him up onto the table before he had a gold coin. "Would you be a good little fellow and fetch us the latest copy of The Times?" he then asked before flicking it over to the mouse in question.
The other Jerry soon grabbed the coin, but it was too heavy for him, and he ended up falling with it and swallowed it, instantly now the shape and size of the coin.
"Maybe someone should go with him." Robyn advised.
"That sounds like a good idea, my dear," Sherlock approved of her idea. "You seem trustworthy. Perchance you and your friends shall accompany him." he then suggested.
"Yeah. That sounds like a good idea." Jerry smiled.
"Alright, then let's get going." Atticus said.
They all soon followed the other Jerry outside before they got outside and began to follow him to where the newspapers were being sent out at that time.
"Knowing our past adventures, we should be meeting my ancestor in this timeline." Tom whispered to the others.
"Yeah, there seem to be a lot of Toms and Jerrys in the world on our adventures." Robyn remarked.
"I wonder why that is?" Patch added.
"Strange things tend to happen on adventures." Atticus replied.
And so, they followed Jerry's ancestor into town to go and do the favor that Sherlock had asked of them. Jerry's ancestor dressed in different clothes more in line with a stereotypical detective and soon walked with the others, trying to avoid the footsteps of passing people as he held onto the coin carefully. Tom's ancestor was shown on the streets, going to the place known as Baker Street as he checked his envelope before he kept going. A bear was seen taking a mirror out of a truck with a sign showing the words "ECLIPSE MIRRORS" while others were handling barrels.
"Well, this is easy." Tom said.
The other Jerry began to start having difficulty keeping up with the coin as they went downhill.
"Not so easy." Jerry said.
The other Jerry soon lost the coin from his paws as it rolled down the path as he tried to skid himself to stop before being flattened instantly by a barrel. Tom just kept laughing, making the others glare at him in a scolding fashion as that wasn't helping. The coin continued to roll before it soon ended up on a construction site.
"Oh, boy... I've seen plenty of cartoons to see where this is going." Patch commented to himself.
The coin soon went up a plank of wood before keeps rolling to the end that had bricks causing the plank of wood to knock a tied rope loose and which sent a bucket of construction supplies to fall into wet cement as it splashes into a construction worker's face causing him to let go of his tool that was holding bricks as they were sent flying down to a spot which was where the other Tom stopped as he saw the coin and decided to try and pick up before getting covered in bricks that had piled into a chimney.
"The coin's underneath that neat pile of bricks." Jerry told the other Jerry.
The other Jerry nodded before he got the other Tom out of the way so he could get the coin.
"Heh... Sorry about that, friend." Tom smiled nervously at the cat who resembled him.
The other Tom glared, stuck in his brick shape as the other Jerry came out with the coin.
"Maybe one of us with hands and bigger size should hold that for you." Robyn suggested.
The other Tom soon popped out of his brick size, but landed on his head, shaking the bricks beside him a bit.
"Well... Gotta go!" Jerry said before running with his ancestor with the gold coin in hand, or rather, paw.
The other Tom glared as he straightened out his hat before putting it on and storming off as the two mice came over to a boy who was selling copies of the newspaper to people.
"One please." Jerry said as he and the other Jerry gave him the coin.
Once the boy helped them both on top of the stack of newspapers, they soon rolled up the newspaper and began to start rolling it down.
"Should we help them so the newspaper gets to Holmes intact?" Patch asked the others.
"Why doesn't someone carry that for you?" Robyn offered to the other Jerry.
The other Jerry seemed to shake his head.
"I guess he does this sorta thing all the time!" Jerry told Robyn as they rolled down the newspaper together down the street.
"We'll go after them," Atticus told Patch. "Come on!"
Patch then went with Atticus and Tom to go after Robyn and the two Jerrys as they rolled with the newspaper. "Okay, this is what I was worried about!" he then said as the two mice suddenly rolled with the newspaper into a cart filled with barrels in front of the grocery store. "Look out!"
The two Jerrys soon look ahead and soon ended up rolling away on top of a barrel, but the newspaper looked like it was wrecked and soon it started to get worse as they bumped into different people before seeing the other Tom in front of them.
"Hey! Watch out!" Patch called out to the other Tom.
The other Tom looked behind, wondering why before getting surprised as he saw the barrel before getting run over by the barrel.
"Never mind." Patch winced.
The other Tom stuck himself off of the sidewalk, glaring at the others before getting run over by even more barrels. He then decided to go and chase himself some mice. The other Jerry came over to the gate and decided to open it up to stop the other Tom from getting him as he carried the newspaper. The other Tom then crashed right into the gate before the other Jerry then came back inside the building he came from.
"Sorry. Sorry." Patch told the other Tom before decided to get him out of the gate, though the bars broke loose, making the other Tom rather dizzy.
The other Tom just glared at them all before he took one of the bars and threw it like a spear, stabbing it right into the rolled-up newspaper that the other Jerry was bringing upstairs before it was suddenly stabbed and pinned to the step.
"That can't be good for the newspaper." Patch started to panic, seeing the newspaper getting ripped and shredded.
The other Jerry soon brought up what was left of the newspaper before running off back to Sherlock Holmes' study room with the others following as the other Tom chased after the other Jerry.
"This is seriously becoming a routine." Atticus said.
Once they reached the door leading to the study room, they opened the door with the other Tom still chasing after the other Jerry.
"Still think having a pet cat and mouse is cool?" Atticus asked Robyn.
Robyn looked at him for saying that.
"Sorry... I just thought I'd say something sarcastic since Cherry isn't here..." Atticus replied bashfully. "Come on! We better go back to Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson."
"No arguments there." Robyn nodded before they continued to go after the other Tom and Jerry while the original Tom and Jerry seemed slightly annoyed from the chasing even though they always did that every day, even before and after they met and were adopted by Robyn.
Sherlock was soon playing his violin as Watson sat with him before they looked over as they saw the cat and mouse chasing each other like classic Tom and Jerry.
The other Tom soon crashed through a chair as the other Jerry landed on the tea tray and then pushed it over right at the other Tom, crashing the cat with the teapot and teacups. He then dashed by Watson, even pouring and serving him a cup of tea.
"What in Heaven's name...?" Watson muttered as he took the teacup.
The other Jerry soon grabbed onto the curtain by the window and flung himself to hide into Sherlock's violin instantly.
"Uh... Sorry about the newspaper, Mr. Holmes," Robyn spoke up. "There was sort of an accident."
The other Jerry soon came out of Sherlock's violin band showed the only remaining piece of the newspaper which was a picture of the eclipse that would happen.
"Um, thank you." Sherlock smiled.
The other Jerry soon teased the other Tom before going back into the violin, causing the other Tom to grab the violin out of Sherlock's hand as the other Jerry went back in as the other Tom started to smash the violin to find the other Jerry.
"Oh, boy." Patch sighed.
"Great Scott!" Watson gasped.
"...I can fix that for you." Atticus offered to the detective, knowing how important that violin must have been.
"Who is this ruffian, Holmes?" Watson then asked the detective about the cat.
The other Tom soon straightened himself up to pick up the envelope on the floor and held it out to the detective, appearing to be an urgent letter. Sherlock took it before he slid on his glasses to look through it.
"Holmes, what is it?" Watson then asked.
"A potential case, Doctor," Sherlock replied before he removed his robe to show his detective uniform underneath, resembling the other Jerry's. "Are you free for the next few hours?" he then asked.
"I suppose so. What of it?" Watson replied.
"I need you to accompany me to the Bruce Nigel Music Hall," Sherlock informed. "That's a rather seamy part of town."
"What's the case about?" Robyn asked him.
"Apparently, we shall find out when we get there," Sherlock informed. "And you two shall have to learn to coexist for the sake of this investigation," he then added to the other Tom and Jerry as the other Jerry stuck a beaker onto the other Tom's head. "You all should probably run along home. This is grown-up work." he then added since Atticus and Robyn were rather young.
"No way, we're coming along." Atticus told him.
"Besides, we've gone adventures," Robyn said. "Which is the same as being a case."
"And those adventures sometimes have been dangerous." Patch said.
"But we always came back okay." Jerry nodded.
"That's right." Tom said.
"Holmes, I believe we will have to bring them along." Watson told the famous detective.
"It should appear so." Sherlock replied.
"You're all right with that?" Watson asked.
"The more the merrier I always say," Sherlock replied. "Just remember to stay close to us and don't do anything rash."
"We won't," Robyn smiled. "I'm usually pretty good at following directions."
And so, it was time to head to The Bruce Nigel Theater and it was mentioned that a beautiful woman was going to perform for everybody.
"Welcome to the Bruce Nigel Music Hall," Cherry greeted, dressed in a waitress uniform, looking very annoyed where she was right now before looking over. "Atticus? Spot? Robyn? Tom? Jerry?" she then asked once she saw who her next customers were.
"Cherry?" The group asked.
"What are you doing here?" Atticus asked her.
"I have no idea for the life of me," Cherry replied. "I was just sitting in my room, minding my own business with my laptop, and then ended up here in this ridiculous outfit and I was told that I'd have to work since I was breaking and entering and had to repay a debt I never knew about until recently."
The group grinned bashfully since Cherry was a little unhappy, but then again, when wasn't she?
"So I cursed Drell for this and I just decided to go with it since there's no way back home, at least not yet," Cherry then added. "I suppose the same thing happened to you guys, only you ended up on the better end of the adventure that reminds me of when I met Basil: The Great Mouse Detective."
"Guess Drell wanted to make it up for me that I didn't get to experience that personally." Atticus spoke up.
"Whatever," Cherry shrugged before looking at Robyn. "...You look like Olivia Flaversham."
"I'll take that as a compliment?" Robyn smiled.
"I wonder where Mo is?" Atticus said.
"I'm sure she's back at home or somewhere nearby." Patch replied.
"Who knows? Maybe we'll see her here." Jerry said.
"Have you seen Mo around, Cherry?" Atticus asked his best friend.
"I haven't seen her or have any trace of her," Cherry replied. "I tried using some magic, but I don't think I can access it just yet."
"Well, thanks anyway." Atticus said with a small sigh.
"I think you guys should sit down with some refreshments," Cherry suggested. "Also, am I the only one who finds it weird how there's like dozens of Toms and Jerrys running around everywhere like in Sherwood Forest, Kansas before The Land of Oz, the pirate era, and even in the setting of The Nutcracker Prince ballet?"
"Nope. You're not the only one." Atticus said.
"Good." Cherry said.
They soon heard music starting to play.
"Sounds like they're starting." Robyn said.
"So, you guys wanna sit and relax?" Cherry asked.
"Yes, we will," Atticus nodded before smirking. "Hook me up with some good eats?"
"You'll pay just like everybody else, Nancy." Cherry rolled her eyes before walking away.
A spotlight shined on the stage and soon a curtain opened up to show a singer on stage, all dressed very sexily, looking to be a certain redheaded woman who seemed to always show up in Tom and Jerry's lives.
"...Makes me think of The Red Fairy when we saw my Aunt Violet and cousin Jack." Robyn said to Patch, Tom, and Jerry.
"Same here." Patch whispered back.
"Guess she's a performer here." Jerry added.
"Which shouldn't be a surprise." Tom whispered.
"It isn't by me." Cherry replied, rather cynically as she walked off, letting the other sit down to watch the show with the other Music Hall patrons.
Red was soon shown and it was now her time to shine. "There's a yearning in the heart of this young lady, Alone, so very far away from home, Across the big old pond to foggy London, To sing this little tune for you again~" she then started to sing as a couple of wolves in the audience got excited at her singing so far and one of them even swallowed a lantern and coughed out the fire, singing the wolf next to him. "There's a burning in the heart of this young bosom, For a pleasure even treasured by the queen, Yes, Victoria herself has a few upon her shelf, But my brolly is the best I've seen~"
The second wolf's head even bloated up to a balloon before the first wolf popped a pin in him, deflating him in a cartoony way.
The other Tom was soon showing Sherlock, Watson, and the other Jerry to their own seats, feeling confused by them, even when they seemed to all fall in love with Red's performance so far.
"Bumbershoot, Bumbershoot, Strolling along with my bumbershoot, Rain or shine, it's divine~" Red continued to sing. "It simply can't be beat Bumbershoot, Bumbershoot, Nothing compares to my bumbershoot Silk and lace, class and grace, My bumbershoot's a treat, Bumbershoot, bumbershoot Wonderful, fun-derful Bumbershoot, In the park, on a lark, My gamp is tried and true, Bumbershoot, Bumbershoot, Who needs a man with a bumbershoot? Good for walks, never talks, And goes in a stand when I'm through Woo!~" she then concluded before cheering for herself once she finished her song and dance as Sherlock and Watson looked like they were in love.
"She sure is a great singer." Patch said.
"Yes, she is." Tom nodded.
"Yep." Jerry added.
The other Jerry certainly agreed as he soon whistled eagerly after Red's performance.
"Excuse me, young Miss?" Sherlock called to Cherry. "Could we meet Miss Red backstage if that's possible?"
"Well... I guess... Since you're a world-famous detective, you have jurisdiction." Cherry shrugged in response.
"Does that mean we can't see Miss Red?" Robyn whispered to Atticus.
"No, Cherry means that because of Sherlock Holmes' status, he'll be able to meet her in person." Atticus whispered back as he explained to her.
"Ohh..." Robyn smiled and nodded once she understood then.
"I did something like this once, though it was mostly spy work than detective work." Atticus memorized.
"Yeah, Atticus, we know," Cherry smirked. "Getting The Blue Monkey diamond with Dusty Tails' help with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck."
They soon followed Cherry backstage and where they were soon outside Miss Red's dressing room door as Cherry knocked on the door.
"Come in." Miss Red's voice said.
The other Tom soon opened the door and let everyone in.
"Miss Red, Sherlock Holmes at your service, madam." Sherlock said as he kissed her hand.
But unknowingly to him, the other Jerry soon came out of nowhere and soon came up to Miss Red and kissed her on the lips.
"What a forward extended family you have, Mouse." Cherry teased the main Jerry.
"Hm..." Jerry blinked awkwardly. "I don't think I've done that since I stole Toodles from Tom."
Tom glared, grumbling as he hated being reminded of that experience. The other Tom was so sketched out at what the other Jerry did before he grabbed the mouse by his tail to pull him off of Miss Red's lips.
"Oh~" Miss Red blinked in surprise as the other Jerry simply looked lovestruck despite being a mouse and Miss Red being a human.
"Dr. Watson, Miss. Dreadfully sorry about that." Watson smiled bashfully at the beautiful woman.
"No need to apologize, gentlemen. My admirers often act like that, but thank you so much for coming," Miss Red replied as she went behind her changing panel and began to dress out of her showgirl outfit. "I'm being blackmailed, Mr. Holmes."
"I noticed that by the ring on your finger that you are engaged to be married. I presume that's relevant?" Sherlock replied to Miss Red.
"Very perspective, sir. My fiancé is a well-to-do high society chap who doesn't know I work in this low-class Music Hall." Miss Red told him.
The other Jerry began to make his way to Miss Red while looking in love before getting stopped by the other Tom until the other Jerry painted his claws pink at first the other Tom admired them before getting angry at the other Jerry.
"And someone is extorting money from you to keep your secret since your fiancé would surely break the engagement were he to find out." Atticus guessed.
Sherlock looked surprised at how Atticus knew the rest of the case as much as he did.
"I have a knack for this sort of thing." Atticus replied.
"He really does," Cherry replied. "It can be very helpful and annoying sometimes."
"You have a weird way of showing your friends love." Robyn said to Cherry.
"Don't push my buttons, girly, and I won't push yours." Cherry retorted.
"Precisely. Every evening, after my performances, I must travel a long distance and drop off a payment," Miss Red continued to explain before spraying herself with perfume as the other Tom soon grabbed the other Jerry and made him stand with Sherlock and Watson. "I didn't know where to turn until a trusted family friend insisted I seek out your services."
"Where is your residence, if I may ask?" Sherlock then asked.
"The corner of Brighton and Lane." Miss Red informed.
"That's right behind the Punjab embassy," Sherlock memorized before calling out. "Doctor? Doctor!"
"Yes, Holmes? What is it?" Watson responded as he came to attention.
"I have just deduced the motive for the blackmail," Sherlock informed before rhetorically asking. "Do you recall the case of the Red-Headed League?"
"That was the crime perpetrated by your arch-nemesis, Professor Moriarty." Watson memorized.
"I'm not sure I know who that is, but he can't be worse than Ratigan." Cherry rolled her eyes.
"I believe this case is quite similar." Sherlock said. "It's not really money their after."
"But time?" Atticus guessed.
"Precisely my dear boy." Sherlock nodded. "They need Miss Red away from her home."
Both Toms and Jerrys looked confused why anyone would need Miss Red away from her home.
"I don't follow, old dog." Watson said.
"Same here." Robyn replied.
"The most famous single jewel in the world star of Punjab will be on display starting tomorrow at the Punjab embassy," Sherlock told them as he read the newspaper. "This jewel is extremely light-sensitive to the rays of a solar eclipse which is to happen tomorrow at 8:03 in the morning everyone will be there."
"So then that means it will be purloined tonight," Atticus said, seeing Patch, Tom, and Jerry confused before whispering to them. "That means someone's going to steal the jewel."
"Ohh." Tom said.
"Precisely, my dear lad." Sherlock nodded.
"Incredible." Watson replied.
"We must get to Miss Red's immediately." Sherlock told them.
"Sounds a lot more interesting than being stuck around here." Cherry remarked.
"Why, thank you, sir," Miss Red smiled as the other Jerry helped her into her sweater top. "You're sweet."
The other Tom glared in annoyance before swiping the other Jerry by his tail away from the human woman.
"Cherry, maybe you should come too." Miss Red suggested.
Cherry's eyes brightened a little before smirking. "That sounds interesting," she then said. "Maybe I oughta."
"And I'll see if my guest is awake now she was asleep when I found her." Miss Red said.
"By any chance did she have short brown hair?" Atticus asked.
"Why, yes," Miss Red nodded. "As a matter of fact, she did."