Chapter IV
-London Scrapyard-
The sun had begun to set in the horizon. It had been hours since the four started to look for the two dogs. It had felt like an eternity looking for the two dogs. So far it felt like to Sherlock the case was going to go downhill. As Sherlock walked down the tracks looking from cart to cart, however there was no evidence that the dogs were there. He was about to move to the next set of tracks when he got a little surprise.
He stumbled upon a cart that been cut in half. At first he thought it was a train accident that happened years ago, but quickly discovered that the other carts have been what looked like thrown back into other train carts. He than found a trail of dried blood stained right on the tracks. He followed the tracks inside the cart, and began to look around the moment he was inside. He saw that there was a plastic bag that had a rotten apple. 'She's been here.' He thought to himself. He continued to look around in the old rusty cart.
After 20 minutes of looking he suddenly felt something under his foot. He looked down and moved his foot off of the object and saw that he had stepped on a golden heart shaped locket. He kneeled down to pick it up off the floor and he began to analyze it. He saw that whoever had the locket had been taking real good care of it. He could tell that it had been worn for exactly six years. Every bit of it was clean, all but the string. He saw that the string was stained with blood. He got out the DNA analyzer and the hair sample of Sakura. After the analyzer was done scanning it had said that blood was a 100% match.
He placed the locket inside his coat pocket, took out his cell phone, and texted Alice this message: "I have found evidence to the child's whereabouts, contact Korra and John as soon as you can and meet me at the entrance to the scrapyard." The moment he placed his cell phone back in his pocket he began to hear a low growl. He turned to see that there was a shepherd standing right in front of him. Sherlock noticed a little blood on his teeth and realized that the shepherd was the one that caused a havoc.
"So you must be the White Shepherd that was causing all that has been making such a fuss." He said as the dog continued to growl, "You wouldn't happen to know a little girl would you?" The dog suddenly began to bark causing Sherlock to back up. "I'll take that as a maybe." The detective said. The dog suddenly jumped at him, making Sherlock dodge him. He pounced at him again but this time he heard a loud rip from his coat pocket. He saw that his pocket was definitely ripped open, and than he saw that the dog was holding the locket by its string.
"I need that." Sherlock said, "Give it here." But the dog didn't listen to him. He jumped out of the cart and started to run with the locket in his mouth, and with Sherlock running behind him.
-At that Moment-
John and Korra continued to look through cart to cart. They had no luck finding neither Sakura nor the dogs. "Did you find them John?" Korra asked as she exited one of the carts. "No, not yet." John said, "Nothing in these carts. And you?" "Same results." Korra said, "There is no evidence of the dogs whereabouts."
J.W: "This isn't going to well is it."
K.S: "You can say that again. This like trying to find needles in a haystack."
J.W: "If you don't mind me asking, how long was Sakura in Baskerville?"
K.S "According to her records it said that she was a patient at Baskerville for 3 years."
J.W: "My God, are you serious?"
K.S: "I'm serious, it's no joke. It's going to be real hard for her to trust strangers like you and Sherlock."
J.W: "I can't really blame her. I wouldn't be able to trust others either."
K.S: "The only person she can really trust is her guardian, considering how long she has been with him."
J.W: "That's what's been bugging me. Who is her guardian anyway?"
K.S: "To be honest we're not sure. We don't know who he is, or his name."
J.W: "Than that's a problem."
K.S: "Maybe when you are able to find her, than you can ask her. That is after you gain her trust."
J.W: "I'll be sure to keep that in mind."
Just than they began to hear whimpers and cries as they walked down the tracks. "Do you hear that?" Korra asked the dog just make sure that she wasn't going mad, "Yeah." The doctor replied, "That sounds like a dog." The whimpers were than replaced with a howl, "Jesus, that is a dog!" he exclaimed. They both began to follow the sounds as it continued. As they followed it, the howls got louder and louder. They turned the corner and they found the source to the sounds. The sounds had come from a Blue Nose Pit-Bull.
It had noticed John and Korra and tucked its tail between its legs and began to whimper again (Korra could see that the dog was a female). "It's okay girl." She said as she approached the dog slowly, "We won't hurt you." John realized something unusual for a skittish dog. He was wondering why she didn't run away. He quickly saw the answer to the problem. "Korra, her collar is stuck to the wheel. Korra quickly examined the dog's collar. "Hey your right." She said "Hang on I'll get her out of it." Korra took out a leash from her pocket and attached it to the Pit-Bull.
She handed the leash to John and told him: "Hold this." She than leaned over the dog and got her unstuck. She patted the dog on the head to calm her down. "She doesn't look like the type to cause trouble, or the type to kill a man." She stated, "Your right." The doctor agreed. Korra than noticed a small piece of paper tucked safely in her collar. She took the piece of paper and unfolded it. "John, you might want to read this." She said handing him the paper.
John took the paper and read it:
I HAVE ESCAPED FROM BASKERVILLE, AND WILL BE IN LONDON IN FIVE DAYS. UNTIL I GET THERE STAY WITH MIZU AND KAZE AND DO NOT LEAVE THEM.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE YOU AGAIN
-SHADOW
J.W: "S.H.A.D.O.W? What's S.H.A.D.O.W?
K.S: "Not what's S.H.A.D.O.W? Who's Shadow?"
J.W: "How do you know if it's a person?"
K.S: "I just do."
J.W: "Who was this for anyway?"
K.S: "Who do you think?"
John thought about what she meant, but quickly realized whom the note was for. "This note is for her?" John asked her, "Whoa your quick." She said with a bit of shock, "This note is obviously from him. In other words this Shadow is her guardian, and he is in London right now and he is looking for her. "That explains a lot." Said the doctor, "But who are Mizu and Kaze?" "The names of the dogs." She answered, "The question is which is which." All of a sudden they heard the sound of running in the distance. "Now what?" she said to herself as she went to investigate.
Suddenly she fell to the ground with a grunt. She saw that a White German Shepherd knocked her over. Just than Sherlock sped right past Korra who was still on the ground. "Sherlock?" she yelled, "Help me catch him!" he yelled back. Without even asking she signaled John and they both ran right behind him. Sherlock turned every corner and made several attempts to try and grab him by the collar. Sherlock soon stopped to catch his breath when he saw Alice force the shepherd in a submissive position.
Korra and John caught up with him only to find that Alice had caught him. "I did say that you would be needing my help?" She said all satisfied. Sherlock couldn't say anything since he was too busy catching his breath. Alice pulled out a leash and attached to his collar. Than took the locket that was in his mouth and walked over to Sherlock with the shepherd. "I take it that this was the evidence you were talking about?" she asked as she handed it to him. "Yes." He gasped out, "I found it in one of the carts. This obviously belongs to her." "And you found this dog in the same area?" she asked.
"I did, he took it while I wasn't looking." He lied, "And the Pit-Bull?" she asked turning to Korra, "Found her a few clicks down the tracks." Korra said, "She had a note tucked in the collar." She handed the note to Alice and Sherlock. They both read the note. "Shadow?" Alice said, "That name sounds familiar." "Yeah, it does. It may be possible that Shadow, from before is her guardian."
S.H: "You've seen this name from before?"
A.L: "We didn't see the name, but we have heard the name."
S.H: "From where?"
A.L: "It happened when we stole Sakura's record, from Baskerville. Yumi and Envy, the other two specialists were sent to get her records. They were about to leave when the alarm went off. At first we thought they were spotted by security camera's until they heard over the P.A 'It's Shadow! He has escaped again!'"
S.H: "Escaped again?"
A.L: "Yes. We believed that he was the one who helped her escape from Baskerville, but got caught in the process when he tried to go with her."
S.H: "Is that right?"
A.L: "Yes."
Suddenly they all started to her a roar in the distance. It came from the end of the scrapyard. The roars got louder causing both dogs to whimper and shake in fear. "What the hell was that?" John asked, "Lost Ones." Alice said softly so that only Korra could hear, "We better get going." "Why?" The detective asked, "Trust me your better off not knowing." Alice said as she forced him to walk towards the exit. John and Korra followed behind them as the roars got louder and louder. As soon as they exited the scrapyards the cries began to fade.
-221B Baker Street-
Sherlock threw himself on the couch and gave out a frustrated sigh. Alice and John entered the flat with the two dogs. They both let them off their leash. They both let the dogs sniff around the flat. "Why do the dogs have to stay!" Sherlock asked as he pushed the Pit-Bull off the couch, "Well they ARE her dogs so they have to stay here." Alice said to the detective.
S.H: "I NEVER agreed to this!"
A.L: "You did agree that you would take Sakura and her guardian."
S.H: "YES! JUST THEM! I NEVER SAID WE WOULD TAKE DOGS! WHAT ARE WE A RESCUE!"
A.L: "Like it or not you and John have to take care of them."
S.H: "WHY CAN'T YOU OR KORRA TAKE CARE OF THEM!"
A.L: "For one thing, the apartment I'm staying in don't allow big dogs, another thing where Korra is staying she and her friends literally have 7 mouths to feed. And since your land lady won't mind-"
S.H: "SHE'S ON A GLOBAL TRIP!"
A.L: "WHICH is WHY she won't mind, so you two will have to do."
S.H: "God, I'm going to live to regret this."
A.L: "Trust me you won't."
S.H: "'I won't' my ass!"
A car began to honk very loud outside so the whole world could hear. "I best be going, Korra is starting to get impatient." Alice said, "I'll be 10 blocks down if you need me." "Thank you Alice." John said, "We'll take care of them." "Just to let you know, the shepherd is Kaze and the pit-bull is Mizu." She said to him, "Thanks, I'll remember that." Said the doctor and Alice left the 221B. John than got his wallet and went towards the exit. "Where are you going?" Sherlock had asked him, "I'm going to buy food for the dogs." John answered.
S.H: "What's wrong with the food we have?"
J.W: "They can't eat certain types of food, plus they need their own nutrition."
S.H: "You can't leave me here with THEM!"
J.W: "You'll live."
Before Sherlock could even stop him, John had already left the flat. Sherlock gave out another sigh and laid back on the couch. That's when the string to locket snapped and hit the floor. Sherlock sat himself up and confirmed that it broke. Than picking up the locket, he saw that it was open and that there was a photograph inside. There was the little girl with a smile on her face and with her parents who looked as happy as she did. He couldn't believe how young her parents were.
Her mother was literally in her 20s and her father was in his 30s. He noticed someone else in the picture. He could've sworn that it literally a hedgehog standing on both of his legs, just like a human. Than he heard the sound of glass breaking coming from the kitchen. Good Lord, that was the-
"THAT'S NOT FOOD! SPIT IT OUT!"
-End Of Chapter IV-