Chapter III

-London Train Station Scrapyard-

For the past 5 days Mizu and Kaze have been trying to nurse their master back to health. Since her leg wasn't getting any better, both dogs went to search for food, not caring about themselves. They go to look for food since Sakura didn't have any money. They would literally have to sneak into food markets and take what their master needed. They would go get the food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Sometimes one would stay behind with Sakura to guard her and keep her company.

On the sixth day, Kaze returned to his master with some fruits in a plastic bag for Sakura to eat. Entering the rusty cart, he walked over to his now sleeping master, with Mizu lying down next to her to let her know she is there. Kaze set the food down and joined Mizu to help her keep Sakura warm. It pained them that they have reduced to living in a rusty old train cart and stealing food, merely to survive. It pained them even more to see Sakura in a horrible condition. Even though they weren't humans, it just hurt them both in the inside.

Suddenly they began to hear footsteps that sounded like it was from the outside. Kaze let out a loud growl causing Sakura to wake up. "どうした (What's wrong)?" she asked. Kaze got up and walked over to exit of the cart and took a peak outside. He looked to the left than to the right, but no one was there. The sounds continued and Kaze let out another growl. That was than he realized that the sounds were coming from with in the abandoned train. Kaze quickly ran back and stood in front of Sakura to protect her. The footsteps got closer, and closer, to the cart. The door suddenly flew open, revealing the source of the sounds of the footsteps.

It revealed a woman, but she didn't show her face. She wore a black jumpsuit with a hood covering her face. The outfit showed her shoulders, showing her tattoos. The tattoo was of snakes of the same species, but both were different. One was going up her arm all black while the other went down her arm and it was red as blood. She wore no shoes revealing black arrow tattoos on both of her feet. Sakura didn't understand why, but just by looking at her, she shook in fear from her presence. "Well, well." She said with an evil smirk, "So this is where the hedgehog is supposed to meet you." "あなたは誰ですか (Who are you?)? Sakura choked, "Medusa. It's a real honor to meet the daughter of Nadeshiko and Fujitaka."

S.K: "私は何だったか知っていますか (How did you know who I was)?"

M: "A very reliable source told me, and many other things about you."

S.K: "だれ (Who)?

M: "I'm a afraid I can't tell you that. It's a secret."

S.K: "なぜここでいますか (Why are you here)?"

M: "For you of course. Why else would I be here?"

S.K: "ここでは、ここで私を殺していますか (Are you here to kill me)?"

M: "No need to be obvious about it. A side from that you much more valuable to me alive."

S.K: "どういう意味ですか (What do you mean)?"

M: "You'll find out soon enough. I guarantee you will not like it."

Medusa walked over to Sakura despite Kaze's growls. She than made her first move. "Vector Arrow!" Arrows appeared in midair and flew towards Sakura and the dogs. All three quickly ducked and the arrows demolished the train carts behind them, sending them down the tracks. Kaze than made his move. He quickly ran towards Medusa, jumped and bit Medusa her shoulder causing her to cry out in pain. She punched Kaze causing him to yelp. By the time she looked turned around to look at the child, she had run out of the cart with Mizu. Than she notices that there was a small trail of blood. She knew her wound in her leg must have opened when she started to run. Medusa jumped out of the cart and followed the trial.

-1 Week Later-

Sherlock had to say, finding Sakura wasn't going to be a challenge after all. 2 hours ago he had gotten a call from Lestrade that were reports of numerous dog attacks at London Train Station. All witnesses say that it was down by a White German shepherd; a white German shepherd did all of it. Of course everyone knew a White German Shepherd was a very rare color, so Sherlock didn't hesitate to go. He knew if this dog had a connection to Sakura the better chance he and John would have at finding her. Sherlock and John exited the van only to find paparazzi taking photographs of the scene of the dog attacks. John didn't think it was going to be a big deal about it, but he was wrong.

Lestrade stood at the entrance to the train station along with a woman. It was of a young woman; she had light brown hair with short braid down her chest. She wore a black dress, which went up to her knees, with a white coat covering her shoulders; no doubt she is a doctor. She wore white sneakers and a snake anklet. Sherlock didn't know the reason why, but for him it was hard to tell whom the woman was, but he decided to keep that to himself. "Your late as usually." Lestrade said, "Did you find the shepherd?" the detective asked not bothering to make a comeback, "No, not yet." Said the inspector, "My men haven't reported back yet, but they will soon."

"If you don't mind me asking, who is she?" John asked the inspector, "This is Doctor Midori. She is one of the witnesses of the dog attacks." The inspector replied. "It's a pleasure to meet you." Midori said, "I've been reading your blog, Mr. Watson, I believe?" "Really?" he asked, "Yes, I have read the Speckled Blonde, I loved every word of it." She said, "And you must be Sherlock Holmes. Molly has told me a lot about you."

S.H: "Are you a one of her friends?"

M: "I meet her a month ago. She is a very nice young lady."

S.H: "Funny, she has never mentioned you."

M: "She doesn't talk about me much. When you know a little better you'll understand the reason why."

S.H: "I'm pretty sure I will. Now to get to the topic what exactly did you saw, and don't be boring."

M: "Yes of course. I was supposed to go on a little trick to Scotland for a week. I can't afford a plane; the only thing I could afford was enough for a train. When I went to buy a ticket, I heard a panic scream and someone say, "Get this thing away from me!" I went to investigate the noise. However when I got there a White German Shepherd had suddenly jumped and attacked me."

S.H: "And it was the same one?"

M: "I'm positive it was. I was very lucky to be alive."

S.H: "Very lucky indeed. Where did the shepherd run off to?"

M: "He ran into the scrapyard, not to far from here."

S.H: "Thank you Doctor Midori."

-Later-

Sherlock and John approached the entrance to the scrapyards. The detective examined the gate to see if there was a forced entry. He was right as usual. At the corner of the gate the metal bars were bent opened and there was a little blood on the metal. "No doubt that a dog did that." John said, "You can tell." "Strange that he went back inside." Sherlock said as the gate began to open. They both entered the scrapyard and they were both surprised to see the size of the place. It literally went about a 100 yard to a 200-yard radius. There were a bunch of old tracks, each filled with old carts, bins, and parts of a train.

J.W: "Bloody hell, this place is huge."

S.H: "A lot bigger than I expected."

"What did you expect? They have to put their old models somewhere."

Sherlock and John both turned to see that it was their client and another person they have never seen before, Alice and another girl this time a teenager. She was a buff girl; she had tan skin, she wore a light blue hoodie with short sleeves and a skull design in the middle of her hoodie. She wore dark blue cameo pants with dark brown sneakers. Her eyes were blue and her hair was dark brown. She had a ponytail and pigtails on her shoulders. She wore white and black gloves that looked like it could be used in fighting.

"When did you get here?" John asked after doing a double take, "Just now." She stated, "I heard from Lestrade that you and Sherlock were going to look for the child's dogs here. "Why are you here?" Sherlock asked starting to get impatient, "I thought you could use some help." Alice said to him, "I did say I looked forward to working with you."

S.H: "You never said that!"

A.L: "I did, you just didn't hear me."

S.H: "Oh for God's sake! Who is she anyway?"

A.L: "This is one of the specialists I was telling you about. This is Korra Sagami, former patient of Baskerville."

S.H: "I see. Anyway I don't need your help."

A.L: "I think you do."

S.H: "No, I don't."

A.L: "You do and you know it."

S.H: "I DON'T need it."

A.L: "Oh, but I insist."

Just as Alice finished the sentence she suddenly threw two cell phones to John and Sherlock. "You two are going to need that." She said to them, "A cell phone?" said the doctor, "But we already have one." "It's not a cell phone." Korra said, "It's an analyzer, as well as a tracker. It can match a DNA sample, and trace someone else phone. Of course there are a few bugs in the tracker. The DNA analyzer works just fine though." "Isn't something like this illegal?" John asked, "Why do you think Einstein disguised it as a phone?" Korra stated.

"How do you activate it?" John asked, "Flip the phone open and press the button in the middle to activate the analyzer." Sherlock said out of the blue, "What he said." Korra said, "Now this place is obviously enormous, we are going to have to split up into groups of two." Alice said, "I was thinking the same thing." Said the detective, "We are going to have to move quickly though Alice." Korra said to her, "It'll be a matter of time before Medusa finds out that we are involved in the case."

S.H: "Medusa?"

K.S: "That's what she calls herself, no one knows who she is or her real name."

S.H: "Oh let me guess she's a friend of yours?"

K.S: "You could say that."

A.L: "Enough with the tea party ladies we got work to do. Korra you'll with John and search the upper part of the scrapyard, while Sherlock and I this part of the area."

K.S: "Yeah, yeah I know the routine."

The four got into their groups. John was surprised to see that Sherlock was Alice to give orders, normally he wouldn't. He was wondering why. Could it be that he was determined to find the little girl, or was he being desperate?

-End of Chapter 3-