WARNING: THERE IS STRONG LANGUAGE WITHIN THIS CHAPTER!

Chapter XIII

-Outside of London, Rutledge Asylum-

Second in command Nazo, approached the Asylum, walking straight into a pack of creatures that were not human nor monster. Lost Ones did nothing but eat the corpses of the former patients of the Asylum while some stared at him with a dead look in their eyes. Nazo entered the Asylum and approached the front desk to an old computer, which looked run down.

The moment he sat down in the seat the computer had turned on revealing a woman wearing a black hood. "Make it short." Was all she said, "The Humming Bird and Mocking Bird have both been captured as planned Lady Medusa." The assassin reported, "However as you suspected Agent Gibbs never dropped the case."

M: "Let's not worry about Gibbs. He will be dealt with soon enough. What of Sherlock and John?"

N: "I am uncertain Milady. Those humans are a real mystery."

M: "Indeed. Those humans are really something. Has he started singing?"

N: "No, Milady. I have to admit he is very tough to break."

M: "Trust me, it will not matter if he is strong or not. He will break. Tell me, are the preparations ready?"

N: "The preparations are almost complete. We just need a sample of human blood."

M: "Good. I'm surprised that we are ahead of schedule. Keep trying to get the code out of him. I don't care what method you use, as long as he doesn't end up dead. Remember that I need him alive as well. In the meantime I'll try to gain the girl's trust as well as her friends so they won't grow suspicious of me."

N: "Understood Lady Medusa."

The computer than began to power down. Nazo got up from the chair than proceeded down the hall. He soon approached a room that had said "Lobotomy" above the door. "We cannot keep Medusa waiting. Seigi had said. The doors than opened revealing a single dim light and a person blindfolded and bonded to a chair.

"Can we, Shadow?"

-Bartholomew Hospital-

Midori managed to find a small cast for Sakura and placed it on her broken wrist, after like 30 minutes of looking. "Now, does that feel better?" She said softly patting the cast, "A little. I feel a little better, thank you." DiNozzo walked into the room after waiting outside. "Well how's her wrist doc.?" He asked her.

M: "Well thankfully her wrist wasn't badly damaged so it should heal within a week."

A.D: "Oh. That's great news!"

M: "Yes, it is great news."

S.K: "Thanks again Ms. Midori. I really appreciate it."

M: "It's my pleasure. All in all I hope and pray that your friend is doing all right."

S.K: "Me too. Wait a minute, how do you know about Shadow?"

M: "Oh, Alice told me about it the last time she was in here. I heard what happened to him, and I'm sorry that he got kidnapped."

Just than Molly came into the office. "Doctor Midori?" she said as she peeked inside. She than noticed Sakura and DiNozzo within the room. "Am I interrupting anything?" she asked. Midori simply shook her head. "Is something the matter Molly?" The doctor asked, "Well there is someone here to see you." Molly said, "I think it's your usual patient." Midori than nodded to her. "Tell him I'll be right there." Molly nodded her head and left the room.

Midori than took a piece of paper and pen and wrote something. Than she folded the paper and handed it to the child. "If you need anything or you just want to talk, just call me alright?" she said with a smile. Sakura smiled back and nodded her head. She took the paper from her hand and placed it in her pocket.

"It's great to see you again. Stay healthy alright?" Midori said patting her head, "I will." The girl replied. Midori smiled and left the room. DiNozzo's phone began to ring; immediately he got the phone out of his pocket and answered it. "DiNozzo." He said over the phone,

Sakura turned around looking at DiNozzo seeing him nodding his head while speaking over the phone. "Got it boss." DiNozzo said. He hung up and put it back in his pocket. "I have to take you to Scotland Yard, he wants to talk to you." He said, "You don't mind do you?" "No. It's alright." Sakura said, "If it helps with Sherlock's and your investigation, than I don't mind at all." "Alright, in that case we should get going."

Sakura got up from the chair and DiNozzo lead her outside of the hospital to a rental car. As they approached the car, someone had approached from behind and wrapped his arm around DiNozzo's neck causing the N.C.I.S agent throw his arms in the air, and panic like a woman, while Sakura let out a small scream. DiNozzo soon ceased his struggle when the person behind him began to laugh.

"No matter how many times I do stuff like this your expression is just priceless!"

The person let go of DiNozzo's neck allowing him to turn around. Sakura soon blushed when she saw the person. To her surprise it was a handsome young man, a teenager no doubt. He wore a white hoodie, and a black shirt with a skull design. He also wore dark blue jeans with a ripped design. He had long dark green hair that looked like anyone would see on a palm tree. He wore a black headband that made some of his hair spike up on top of his head. His eyes were dark purple and they looked like a cat.

On his hands he wore fingerless gloves that had a cross and black butterfly design on it; his sneakers were of the same design. Sakura was surprised to see how pale he was; she thought it was because of the lack of layers, but he didn't look cold to her.

A.D: "Envy? Is that you?"

E: "No, it's Elvis Presley. Of course it's me Tony! Surprised to see me?"

A.D: "Very surprised. I thought you were in Ireland."

E: "Oh. I WAS in Ireland."

A.D: "When did you come back to London?"

E: "This morning actually. After I heard what was going on from Aelita, I jumped on the first flight here."

Envy than turned to his attention over to Sakura, who still had red face. He smiled and walked over to her, and kneeled down to her level. "You must be Sakura Kinomoto, am I correct?" he asked her politely. Sakura let out a small smile, and nodded her head. "Your named after a flower right?" he said.

"It suits you well. It's better than my name anyway." Sakura blushed even harder at the comment and Envy let out a chuckle. "Tha-thank you mister..." Sakura said trailing off, "William Elric." He said, "But most of my friends call me Envy. It's a pleasure to meet you." "It's a pleasure to meet you to Mr. Elric." She said with a smile. Envy patted her head than got up and turned to DiNozzo.

E: "So where were you guys heading? You looked like you were in a hurry."

A.D: "Yeah, Boss is over at Scotland Yard. He wants me to take Sakura there so he could talk to her."

E: "Boss? Oh, you must mean Gibbs right?"

A.D: "The one and only Gibbs."

E: "He's here to?"

A.D: "Yeah as well as Ziva and McGee."

E: "Really? What a coincidence! I was about to head over to Scotland Yard myself. Think I can ride?"

A.D: "What kind of friend would I be if I said no?"

The three got inside the car and drove to the London Police.

-New Scotland Yard, Interrogation Room-

Sherlock just stared at the young unmasked woman on the other side of the window, just walking around in the small room in hand cuffs. This woman wore a flower design shirt that revealed scars on her stomach and pants that went to her knees; both of the clothing was red as blood. The detective could tell that her clothing was custom and that her scars came from someone abusive. The girl had brown hair that went up to her shoulders and on her face, there was dried blood. Sherlock could see in her dark brown eyes she was truly a psycho.

Alice than entered the room with John, Ziva, McGee, Gibbs, Korra and Sally Donavan. "It's scary how you just look at a person and just see how crazy they are." Alice said to the detective as she took a position next to him.

S.H: "What can you tell me about this one?"

A.L: "Her name is Minatsuki Takami. 19 years old. She is also known as the Humming bird."

J.W: "Funny, she doesn't look crazy."

A.L: "Believe me she is more than crazy. When she was twelve years old she was put in a high security prison instead of juvy."

S.D: "What was she charged for?"

A.L: "Killing her own family, and an attempted murder on the city mayor. She used her blood powers to kill her family and anyone that got in her way. Not only that, she admitted to the police that she killed her parents because she thought it was fun. She was supposed to be sentenced for life, until she escaped the prison three years ago."

S.D: Wow. She is crazy."

A.L: "That's the kind of mind that Medusa likes. She recruited Minatsuki for that reason."

S.H: "What about the other one?"

A.L: "His name is Toto SaKami, same age as Minatsuki and goes by the name of Mocking Bird. He was charged for raping young teenagers & and attempted murder on the Japanese Ambassador."

J.W: "So Toto is a..."

A.L: "Yes he is. Again it's another mind Medusa likes."

T.M: "You think she might have an idea where Shadow is?"

S.H: "We are about to find out."

Sherlock was about to leave the room when Gibbs stopped him. "If it's all the same to you, I'll interrogate her." He said to the detective, "It isn't the same to me Agent Gibbs." The detective replayed, with a bit of annoyance in his voice, "I can handle this one." "Sherlock, at least let him be your back up." Korra said. Sherlock turned to her and had a bit of confusion in his eyes. "Come on Sherlock, you can trust Gibbs with this." She said, "Besides you won't even know his there." Sherlock down at the ground for about a minute than turned back to her. "Fine." Was all he said.

Sherlock and Gibbs entered the interrogation room, finding Minatsuki now sitting in the chair. She than turned her attention to the detective and agent. "It's about fucking time." She said, "I was wondering when I would get the company." Sherlock than took a seat on the opposite side of her. "Your Minatsuki Takami correct?" the detective asked her, "The one and only." She said with a smile, "No need to introduce yourself detective Holmes." She said, "I already know who you are."

S.H: "From what I heard you work for Medusa, correct?"

M.T: "Can't say that you're lying. But you don't want to know about her don't you?"

S.H: "Not at the moment."

M.T: "You want to know where the dumbass is right? And what Medusa is planning."

S.H: "Be careful what you say about him. I've been hearing from a friend of his that he is pretty smart."

M.T: "Than maybe she should do her research a bit more. Cause I know a dumbass when I see one."

S.H: "You know where he is?"

M.T: "I might know. And I might not know."

J.G: "If you do know where he is than we will get the information out of you."

M.T: "Even if I do tell, you won't be able to protect the dumbass, and that little girl you got with you."

S.H: "I will keep her safe from you and Medusa."

M.T: "Ha! Funny that is exactly what McDumby said. And what does he do, he ends up as our prisoner, while his little girl ends up dead. Can you fucking believe it? I told him one little lie. That's it and he goes up in tears and whining, saying how he blamed himself for letting her die and how he broke his little promise to her. It was entertaining to watch him cry like a bitch."

Sherlock was shocked that Shadow didn't know that Sakura was still alive and to top it all off, Shadow actually let his guard drop. That was something the detective didn't want to believe. All of these things that Minatsuki was saying was actually for the first time in a long while boiling up his blood.

He did his best to contain his anger, but if she said something anything more about those two, he was going to lose it. "The guy isn't even human, and yet he acts like one and is stupid as one. And you guys care about someone like him. You don't even know him." Minatsuki said while smiling like a psycho, "And once our people are done with him, the little whore is next on the list."

All of a sudden Sherlock got up from his seat grabbed Minatsuki by her shirt and slammed her right into the wall and was about to punch her. Gibbs quickly took action and grabbed Sherlock his arm and tried his best to pull him off of her.

S.H: "Don't...Call her that."

M.T: "Oh, you care about her that much do you? That's so sweet. I've always hated sweet."

S.H: "If you call her that again, and I'll save you a life in prison."

M.T: "Oh, now your talking fun."

"Alright that's enough!" Gibbs yelled as he pulled Sherlock off of Minatsuki. All Minatsuki did was just laugh. Even though she was being threatened she was laughing, laughing like nothing ever happened. Gibbs lead Sherlock outside of the room meting everyone else outside, pretty much shocked at what had happened within that room, even Donavan. "Ok, I have to admit that was unexpected." Donavan confessed. "Yeah the detective is full of surprises now isn't he?" Alice said.

-New Scotland Yard, Main Floor Lestrade's Office-

"Sherlock did what?" Lestrade said, after hearing what Sherlock did in the interrogation room from Sargent Donavan. "I'm not kidding, I was actually shocked myself." Donavan said, "And that surprises the two of you?" Ziva said to the two of them, "Yeah, it does. I've worked with Sherlock for a couple of years, and never before in my life have I heard Sherlock do something like that." "Trust me she had it coming." Sherlock said to them, "She was trying to get inside your head Detective." Gibbs said.

S.H: "I know she was."

J.G: "And you let her?"

S.H: "Yes! I mean no! I don't know!"

A.L: "Sherlock calm down. Sorry I probably should've mentioned Minatsuki's strategies sooner."

S.H: "No Alice don't be. I knew she was going to get in my head, but I didn't expect her to force myself to drop my guard."

A.L: "That's how Minatsuki get herself out of situations, when she becomes desperate of course. She'll make a person hurt her and when theirs blood even if it's a small cut, she'll use it to escape."

J.W: "I have to admit that's a smart strategy."

J.G: "My advice, the next time something like that happens don't let your guard drop."

S.H: "I'll keep that in mind."

Just than DiNozzo entered the office with Sakura, and Envy. "Looks like the gangs all here." Envy said. Alice & Korra turned and in all honesty to her she was surprised him. "How do you ladies?" Envy said, while bowing, letting Alice and Korra laugh. Envy than turned to Gibbs and the rest of his team.

"Whoa, look at you guys. All of you look well." He said to them. Sherlock turned and looked at the teenager. "Envy, I presume?" he said to him getting his attention, "Ah, you must be the consulting detective Sherlock." He said extending his hand toward him. "

Pleasure to meet you." Sherlock took his hand and shook it. Sakura noticed something different about the detective. "Are you okay? You look a bit stressed." She asked with concern. "I'm alright." He stated calmly, "In fact I'm glad you're here. Cause I would like to talk you."

J.G: "What a coincidence. I wanted to talk to her as well."

S.K: "Your Gibbs, right?"

J.G: "Yeah, I'm Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs of N.C.I.S. I would like to ask you a few questions, if it's alright with you."

S.K: "It's fine, Agent Gibbs."

S.H: "Let's not discuss it here. How about we go for a walk?"

-London Local Park-

Gibbs asked Sakura the basic questions. For Sherlock it was pretty boring to listen to. After Gibbs was finished Sherlock had an opportunity to ask his own questions to the little girl. "What did you want to ask me Sherlock?" she asked the detective, "Yes it's about what you found at the museum, before Medusa's people attacked you." Sakura gave Sherlock confused look. Than she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"I don't want you to lie to me, I want you to tell me the truth." "I don't know if I can." Sakura simply stated. "Why is that?" the agent had asked. Sakura paused for a moment before replaying to the agent and detective. "Shadow told me, not to get anyone involved." Sakura said with a sad look in her eyes, "He told me that people would get hurt, and that what we are dealing with is just our business."

S.H: "So you don't trust me with the information?"

S.K: "I do trust you! I've lived with you and John long enough to know I can, but I don't want anyone to get hurt. Or worse than that."

S.H: "I've already put my life on the line with several cases in the past, I'm sure Agent Gibbs has as well. That's not going to stop me."

S.K: "But..."

J.G: "Before you say anything, you should know that my team and I are prepared to put our lives on the line to find your friend and stop the killer. However we need you to help us. Any information that you tells can help us find out what the killer is after."

S.K: "But I don't want you to get involved."

S.H: "We were already involved with this."

Sakura sat on the bench silently, thinking it all through. She than bit her lower lip, and looked at Gibbs and Sherlock. "Okay, I'll tell you, but I don't think Shadow wouldn't like what he is hearing." Sakura stated. Gibbs and Sherlock looked at each other confused, but they both put that thought aside for now.

Sakura than took out her phone out of her pocket than showed Gibbs and Sherlock the documents within Safe Forty Seven. "This is my father's missing research when he used to stay in London, before he met my mother." She explained, "I remember Shadow telling me, before my dad met mom, he was an archeologist before he was a college professor."

J.G: "Your father, was an archeologist at one point?"

S.K: "Yes he was. After my mom an dad got married, he quit his job at the London Museum and settled down in Japan."

S.H: "Why didn't you mention this sooner?"

S.K: "I'm sorry. I didn't think it was important so I decided not to say anything."

J.G: "What did your father find in one of his excavation sites?"

S.K: "My father was at an old ruin when he found the two documents. Other than that he found strange writing within the ruins."

S.H: "Strange writing?"

S.K: "Yeah, and strange pictures to."

J.G: "Can you describe the pictures?"

S.K: "A creature emerging from a man's back, and the man looked like he was sitting on a throne, of dead bodies, in a sea of blood. Shadow translated some of the strange text."

J.G: "What did it say?"

S.K: "I don't remember exactly what it said but, it was 'Darkness is thy master. Thou shall suffer the eternity of hell. Thou shall find thee at the devil's path, than thee shall suffer his eternal wrath.' That was it. The rest of the writing was destroyed by the snake witch."

J.G: "Do you think that's why your parents died?"

S.K: "What are you talking about? My parents didn't die."

J.G: "What do you mean?"

S.K: "My parents disappeared when I was little girl. I remember exactly how it happened"

S.H: "Gibbs a word."

Gibbs followed Sherlock far enough so Sakura couldn't hear, but close enough so they could see her. "Sakura can't remember the fact that her parents died." Sherlock explained to him, " So she's delusional?" Gibbs asked, "No, don't be stupid. That little girl's mind is perfectly functional." He said,

"Baskerville scientist must've done something to her brain, I'm not sure what though." "They were testing something on her?" Gibbs said, very shocked, "Those bastards, and they call themselves people." "Whatever those scientists did to her, Shadow has been trying to fix the problem from the moment they brought her back to their cell." Sherlock said, "Speaking of which."

He turned back to Sakura and walked over to her. "Can I just ask you one more question?" he asked the young girl. Sakura nodded her head, and Sherlock took his seat on the bench. "What did you mean by Shadow would not like what he will hear?" Sherlock asked the young girl, "Oh, that." Sakura said, "It's actually a bit complicated."

"How so?" Agent Gibbs asked her, "I'm not really sure how to explain it." She replied, "We have always had it when Shadow and I still lived on the streets before Baskerville. Shadow and I had an invisible bond; it allows Shadow to see and hear everything that is going through my perspective. The only downside is I'm not sure when he does it. For all we know he could be listening right now."

Sherlock and Gibbs turned to each other, and they both thought of the same plan. "Do you think you could use that to figure out where he is?" Sherlock asked. Sakura sat there very shocked at Sherlock's request. "I...I don't know if I can." She said, "I, never tried it before. Than again, I..."

Sherlock placed his hand on top of hers causing Sakura to flinch. "I believe you can do it Sakura." Sherlock said calmly, "From the way I see it, all it's going to take is a lot of concentration, meditation if you will." "Meditation?" Sakura asked. Sherlock nodded his head, "Here's my advice, how I deal with something on cases like this is I go to one place where I can get my thoughts straight." He said, "I go to my mind palace." Sakura tilted her head, in confusion.

S.H: "A mind palace is basically something you are in mentally. It doesn't have to be a palace it could be anything that you want it to be."

S.K: "Anything?"

S.H: "Yes, as long as it's somewhere quiet."

S.K: "Well, I guess I could try it. I'm not sure if "

S.H: "And don't worry, I'm going to guide you through it. Now the first thing I need you to do is close your eyes."

Sakura nodded and did what she was told. "Alright now listen closely." Sherlock whispered, "The next step might be a bit tricky." Sherlock said, "Just relax, and clear your mind, ignore the sounds around, listen to nothing but breeze. That's it, just the breeze." Sherlock saw Sakura starting to relax but she quickly build up stress again. Sherlock started to rub her hand gently. "It's alright." He said to her, "I'm right here." He felt her beginning to relax again. Soon she was ready for the next step.

S.H: "Alright tell me where you are now?"

S.K: "I'm inside a museum. Surrounded by beautiful paintings and sculptures."

S.H: "Is there anything unusual in the museum?"

S.K: "There's a door. Above it there's a red light. But it doesn't say exit. It's says hope."

S.H: "Go through the door."

S.K: "I don't know if I can."

S.H: "It'll be alright. I promise. Go through the door."

S.K: "Okay. I will."

Sakura suddenly let out a panicked gasped Gibbs was about to see what was wrong when Sherlock stopped him. "What do you see now?" Sherlock asked, "Shadow is struggling. He is strapped in a chair, he can't get out." She said, "He is in a room someplace dark, nothing but a single light." "What else do you see?" The detective asked.

S.K: "He's not alone. There's someone else in the room with him."

S.H: "Who?"

S.K: "There are two people. The snake witch and a man I think."

S.H: "What else is there?"

S.K: "The snake witch, she has he hood off."

S.H: "Can you see who it is?"

S.K: "Yes."

S.H: "Do you recognize her?"

S.K: "Yes."

S.H: "Who is she?"

S.K: "It's-"

She was suddenly cut off when she cried out in pain. She suddenly felt dizzy and fell off the bench. Gibbs took action and caught before she could hit the ground. Sherlock got up and kneeled down to her level. "Sakura!?" he said gently shaking her. No answer came from the child.

"Are you alright?" Gibbs said, "Can you hear me?" Still no answer came from the girl. Finally they heard a low moan from the child, and they saw her open her eyes. Gibbs helped her sit upright on her knees; she rubbed her head and felt the pain she had experienced. "Are you alright?" Gibbs asked the child, "Ye-Yeah." She said, "I think so." "Sakura the snake witch. Who was she?"

Sakura had tried to get the name and face, but when she did, nothing came up in her head. "I-" she said starting to panic, "I can't remember!" "You can't?" Gibbs asked her, "What do you mean you can't remember?" Sherlock asked. Sakura grasped her head, and turned to the detective. "I-It's just as I said." Sakura replied, "I had her name but after that headache, everything is all black, I can't even remember her face." Sherlock put his hand on Sakura's head, making the child freeze at his sudden action. "Don't beat yourself up." Sherlock said with a smile, "I know you tried."

S.H: "Now the place that you described before, do you remember anything else about it?"

S.K: "No, but I saw the sign of that place."

J.G: "What did the sign say?"

Sakura looked down at the floor; the detective noticed that her hand was shaking. "Is something wrong?" Gibbs asked the child. Sakura shook her head and turned to both of them.

"It's Rutledge Asylum."

-End Of Chapter Thriteen-