Chapter XI

-Washington D.C, America-

N.C.I.S

Also known as the Naval Criminal Investigation Service. A government that has existed for years and years, tracking down murders, criminals, and drug dealers within the military or outside the military. However their main case for three years is the death of a Marine Officer going by the name of Kanashi Ayami.

Not just him, but his own bloodline as well. For three years they have been trying to fin out who the killer is and why they died every year on April 20th. At the same time they have been trying to the next & the last victims named Sakura Kinomoto & Shadow Fukushima.

Former military officer, Special Agent Jethro Leroy Gibbs has been in charge of the case since they found the body. He and his team has been trying to find the answer to this bizarre case, but every time they got closer it just blows away like a candle in the wind; Until now. Gibbs stepped out of the elevator with a Starbucks coffee in his hand, finding his Senior Agent, Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo practically slipping while running towards him. "Boss!" he yelled as stopped to catch his breath, "What is it DiNozzo?" he asked.

A.D: "McGee managed to get into Baskervilles Security Cameras."

J.G: "And?"

A.D: "Your going to want to see this."

Gibbs followed DiNozzo to where they usually work. Gibbs nodded his head to Timothy McGee, and he started the video. It started out as an empty room at first, and then the door slid open revealing a black humanoid hedgehog with two dogs beside him; A blue nose pit-bull, and a white german shepherd.

He entered the room with a crowbar in his hand and the two dogs followed him inside. He hit the controls to the door and it slammed shut. Setting the crowbar aside he went to a nearby computer and typed something in the computer.

Than he took out a memory card that could fit in to any phone. He placed the chip in a USB, than into the computer. After a while he took the USB out, than took the chip out of the USB, and placed it in his IPhone. Than he took out another chip out placed it in the USB and into the computer. He picked up the gun, signaled the dog to come to him; He opened an air-vent, but didn't bother going inside. He than went to a nearby window and managed to get it open.

The dogs went out first, than he followed behind; before leaving he shut the window and locked it on the outside; the video than just ended. "When did this happen?" Gibbs asked turning to his team, "This happened at exactly 2:40 A.M, 11 weeks ago." McGee replied, "According to the camera's."

J.G: "What did he take from the computer?"

A.D: "It was the research from Professor Fujitaka, the ones that they confiscated from his house before they took Shadow and Sakura into their custody."

T.M: "The second chip contained a virus of some kind. It activates by typing a certain code into its program. It deleted every single file on the computer including his and Sakura's records."

J.G: "Can you trace his phone?"

T.M: "I'm trying but I can't find the right-"

Before McGee could finish his sentence, Gibbs cell phone began to ring. He took the phone out of his pocket, and answered. "Gibbs." Was all he said. "Hello Gibbs, it's been a while."

J.G: "Alice?"

A.L: "The one and only Alice."

J.G: "It's been a while since you last called. The last time you called you were saying goodbye."

A.L: "Really? Has it been that long?"

J.G: "Yes. It has."

A.L: "How's your main case going?"

J.G: "That kid, Shadow took Fujitaka's research from the Baskerville computer before he escaped. Now he has the last and only copy of his work on his phone. McGee is trying to trace his phone."

A.L: "Tell him it won't be necessary."

J.G: "Why?"

A.L: "Cause his phone is here in London. Have you by any chance heard of the detective Sherlock Holmes?"

J.G: "I've heard of him from Abby, why?"

A.L: "I gave Shadow's phone to him for safe keeping."

J.G: "Really?"

A.L: "Really. However we have a bit of a problem."

J.G: "Oh yeah. What kind of problem?"

A.L: "Two problems. One his phone is password protected, and we only have five attempts to unlock the phone. If we fail on all attempts the research will be lost forever."

J.G: "The other problem?"

A.L: "We found only his phone and nothing else."

J.G: "You mean he is still missing in action?"

There was a pause from Alice on the other line. "No." she said, "I mean to say his been kidnapped."

-London (48 hours later)-

Sherlock took a look around the alley where Korra had said they found his phone; they were trying to see if there was anything else that Shadow might've left, or his kidnapper. Twenty-four hours ago Sherlock & Alice had confirmed the reason Shadow had been missing because Medusa had hired someone to capture him and get him to sing like a canary. Even now they could be torturing him, or worse he could be dead. Sherlock, & John were having a look around where the phone was found, while Korra and Sakura checked down the alley way to see if there was anything.

They both looked in trashcans, behind dumpsters, under, even do a dumpster dive if necessary; however no matter where they looked there was nothing to be found. "Did anyone find anything?!" Sherlock yelled to them, "No, there's nothing here!" John yelled back, "Same here!" Korra yelled over to him. He turned to Sakura, but she just shook her head to him and went back to looking.

J.W: "Sherlock has it ever occurred to you that Shadow didn't leave anything else here when he was taken."

S.H: "That's where your wrong, there has to be something here."

K.S: "He's right John. Shadow had to have left something here."

J.W: "How can you two be sure?"

S.H: "Cause there IS something here. You're not looking hard enough."

K.S: "I'm with Sherlock on this one."

J.W: "But there's nothing here."

S.H: "Maybe Sakura found something here-"

He was cut off when he saw that she wasn't there in the alley with them. "Where did she go?" he asked turning to the both of them. John & Korra looked towards Sherlock's direction, and registered that Sakura was gone.

K.S: "The hell?"

J.W: "What? She was just here a minute ago. She could've just disappeared like that! Can she?"

Sherlock walked over to where Sakura was standing. Suddenly he heard some kind of ringing noise; he realized that it was coming from Shadow's phone. He quickly got it out to see that his phone was actually preparing something. It suddenly started a video on his phone. The image was a blur than it became clear. The phone was set down on one of the dumpsters.

The person that had the phone was wearing a hood over his head. He ran toward each exit of the alley seeing if there was anyone seeing him. Than he removed his hood and Sherlock couldn't believe it. "Hey Sakura." He said, "It's Shadow." Sherlock saw the condition he was in. He had cuts near to his head, bruises on all over his face, and some of the cuts had infection. He could also tell that his left arm had been broken. The video continued.

"If you're watching this, than I must've missed the deadline, and I'm either captured or dead. Look I know I promised you that when I got out of Baskerville, I would find you, but I'm afraid the snake witch was one step ahead of us. She had hired someone to capture me and force me to give up your father's research. Pretty soon, they'll be coming for you too.

Now that you have my phone, here's what I want you to do, but I'll have to make this short. I need you to go the art gallery here in London, find Safe 47, and take pictures with your camera phone of whatever you see inside. Once you have that type in the following code onto my phone, and put the pieces together, you know like a puzzle, the ones you and your mother used to play. The code to my phone is-"

The image became a blur again, and the sound of Shadow's screams were within the background. The phone was suddenly on its side only getting a shot of his feet. There was soon another pair of feet; he could tell the feet belonged to a woman.

There was suddenly an explosion of blood, followed by a cry of pain, than the video just ends. 'So he knew he was being followed.' He thought. He turned to John and Korra who were still looking for Sakura (Again!). "Damn it, it'll take weeks to find them again!" Korra exclaimed, "More like seconds." The consulter blustered out. They both turned to him & they both mouthed "What?" to him.

He motioned them to come over, and he told them about the video.

-End Of Chapter XI-