Chapter Fourteen

-Outside, Rutledge Asylum-

This was going to be a challenge.

Here they were, at the asylum where Sakura had said her guardian would be, only to find the whole place surrounded by Lost Ones. To top it all off, they had no idea how to sneak past all of them. There were so many Lost Ones that if Covert Ops tried to sneak past them they would be killed before they even tried. That would happen to them if they weren't careful. Sherlock poked his head out of the bushes, only to see the Lost Ones feasting on corpses, whether they were fresh or rotting.

He counted that there were a total of 19 Lost Ones, clearly him, Envy, Korra, a young Japanese girl named Yumi and Gibbs team were outnumbered. However it was also clear to him that they were outmatched. Sherlock snuck back into the bushes and went to cooking up a plan. Things would honestly go a lot faster if Alice were there with them.

-Flashback-

The very first thing that Sherlock did in the morning was text Alice and told her to meet him at an outdoor café for breakfast, to give her the good news. Not to Sherlock's surprise Alice had brought Envy along with her. The detective explained the situation to her and told where Shadow maybe.

"Rutledge Asylum?" Alice asked, "Are you sure?" "I'm pretty sure that's where he might be." Sherlock said, "Do you know that asylum?" "I've only heard stories of that place." She replied with hesitation, "I just didn't know if some of the stories I heard were true or not." "Although it does seem like the kind of place that Medusa is attracted to." Envy told them.

A.L: "Your right, it does."

S.H: "Before, you said that there were rumors about the asylum. What were they?"

E: "You mean to tell me you haven't heard?"

S.H: "Yes. That's why I need you to tell me."

E: "Okay, you know how the asylum was shut down years ago, right?"

S.H: "Yeah."

E: "While I was in Ireland, I heard a couple of tourists talking about the place. They said when they were in London they saw a man in his 20s going in and out of the place, and he had always carried a briefcase with him, but that isn't the best part."

A.L: "What's the best part?"

E: "A lot of people figured that the man sold drugs, the kind of stuff you don't see in a market. However a couple of teenagers went to go play a prank on them, now no one has seen them for a whole year."

S.H: "You mean to say they were killed?"

E: "To be honest, no one really knows what happened to them. My guess is they were either turned into Lost Ones, or they tortured them until they begged for death."

At this point the detective didn't know what to think. For the first time he didn't whether to be afraid or to be excited. Envy took out an envelope from his front pocket. "I got this off a snitch." He said handing the envelope to them, "This guy, don't ask how, but he managed to get pictures of Rutledge Asylum without getting killed. All of these photos were taken a couple of hours after Shadow had been captured." Alice opened the envelope and removed the photographs.

The detective took a look and what he saw was a surprise. Within the picture was a custom made van, with no license plate number and a couple of assassins with metal masks dragging someone within the asylum. There was no doubt to whom the person was. He could clearly see that the person was Shadow. "Is Jeremy checking out the security?" Alice asked, "Yeah, he's checking it out with McGee." He replied, "We should have results as soon as they get passed their firewalls."

S.H: "How soon can they get through?"

E: "Probably by tonight."

S.H: "By that time it's going to be too late for him."

E: "Look Sherlock you don't understand what Medusa is really like, but we do."

A.L: "Envy is right. Medusa is not your average criminal nor is she your average crime lord. Medusa is not stupid only a fool would question it."

S.H: "Meaning?"

A.L: "Meaning Medusa takes precautions. Other than disguising herself and being a professional actress she makes sure that her security is almost impossible to get pass and she always has a way to cover her up her tracks."

E: "Not only that, she is one, no ten steps ahead of us. She makes sure that she leaves nothing behind, and I mean nothing. Not even witnesses. The problem is her strategy is different every time we come across her, and by the time we realize what she's planning..."

S.H: "It'll be too late. Which is exactly what will happen if your friends hurry up."

A.L: "Sherlock look, I know you're concerned about him, and I am too, but believe me Jeremy and McGee are trying to do all they can to find get into the-"

Alice's phone began to ring. She took the phone out of her coat pocket and answered it. "Hello?" she said, "Jeremy? What did you find? Wait, hold on." Alice got up off from the table and motioned them to exit the Café. They walked within an alleyway outside of the public; where no one could hear them. Than she placed her phone on a dumpster and pressed the speaker button. "Can you hear me Jeremy?" She asked, "Yeah, I can hear you." The boy named Jeremy said. Of Sherlock can tell from the sound of his voice that he was definitely a teenagers voice; he didn't judge the fact he was teenager.

A.L: "We're outside of the public Jeremy, what did you manage to find?"

J.B: "Well, thanks to our good friend McGee, I got into the security camera's and you'll never guess what we found!"

E: "What did you find Einstein?"

J.B: "I checked out all of the security cameras and to our surprise there are only a couple of Assassins within the building."

A.L: "How many assassins are there?"

J.B: "There are only three assassins inside Rutledge Asylum. It's getting inside you gotta worry about."

Alice and Envy exchanged a confused look to each other, even Sherlock. "I don't follow Einstein." Envy said immediately. Jeremy gave out a sigh on the other side of the phone. "Okay, basically what I am saying is that the whole place is surrounded by Lost Ones." He said, "How many are there?" Alice asked,

"I can't tell, the camera I hacked into is all blurry, but I do suggest that you bring N.C.I.S with you to Rutledge." The group looked at each other. "What do you one of the camera's was all blurry?" Envy asked, "Look McGee & I tried to clear up the image but every time we just kicked back out." Jeremy said over the phone, "Looks like Medusa was expecting us."

A.L: "Well, there is no surprise there."

S.H: "Do the Lost Ones have a blind spot?"

J.B: "Of course, other than being nocturnal, there as blind as a bat, and they're deaf too. However I do advise not to draw blood to yourself. Even if it's a small drop of blood they will be able to smell it within their radius."

S.H: "Sounds easy, to sneak up on them."

J.B: "Well yeah, it does however it's what's around Rutledge Asylum you have got to worry about."

S.H: "Why?"

J.B: "Because, from what we can find, there is also a lot of barbwires, and throne vines surrounding the area. It's almost impossible to get through without getting a cut."

The group exchanged looks again; there was nothing but silence between them. Than Envy broke the silence stating: "That is going to be tough."

-End Of Flashback-

Korra heaved a sigh and sat back down in there hiding place. "You know, at first I thought Jeremy was kidding about this place, but now that we're here..." Korra said trailing off, "I'm starting to doubt if we can even get inside & save him." "Well, we have to think of something to get in there." Ziva said, "For all we know, they could be killing him." "Or worse." Sherlock said. Gibbs joined in on their discussion. "If anyone has a plan on getting inside, I love to hear it right now."

"Well Envy, you're a shape shifter aren't you?" DiNozzo said, "Can't you crush all of the Lost Ones with your fist?" "I could do that, but here's the thing." Envy said, "I can't." "Well why not?" McGee said, "Your disguises are just flawless and it would be impossible for you to get caught."

"Well for N.C.I.S, and other government headquarters, however for Medusa there is no such thing, as impossible." Envy explained, "She knows my strategies, and how I think, in fact she knows how we all think." "Than we'll just have to give her one big surprise." Sherlock said, "Oh yeah like what?" Envy asked. All of a sudden they heard a Lost One give out a yell & than they saw an explosion of black blood.

"Like that." The detective simply said.

The Lost Ones ganged up on the intruder however in one swift move every single Lost One exploded with black blood revealing their ticket inside. Judging from the height they can all tell that it was a teenager and judging from the texture the teenager was definitely a male.

He wore what a fireman would wear probably not to get his own clothes covered in blood. He removed his helmet and it revealed to be a young messy blonde teenager, having blue eyes. He moved one of the Lost Ones bodies without even touching the bodies. "Who the hell is that?" Envy asked, "We're about to find out." Korra said getting out of hiding.

She approached the teenager with caution while the others followed behind her. The young man turned around in a fighting stance. "Hey! Whoa!" Korra said, "We mean you no harm!" "Who are you!?" he yelled, "Korra Sagami sir." She answered, "And who might you be?" "Andrew Detmer." The teenager answered.

K.S: "Your American? Never actually met one before."

A.D: "What are you guys doing here?"

T.D: "Funny, we were going to ask you the same thing. What are you doing here?"

A.D: "I'm here to find my friend. He was taken by that snake witch!"

S.H: "Your friend?"

A.D: "Yeah, he was taken by her, now what are you guys doing here?"

J.G: "We're looking for someone."

A.D: "Who?"

S.H: "A young man. Named Shadow."

Andrew just did a double take to them, and just gave them an "Are you serious?" look. "What, why are you giving us that look?" Envy asked. Than Sherlock had realized the reason Andrew was surprised. "Your looking for him too, aren't you?" Sherlock asked. All Andrew did was nod his head to them.

A.D: "What do you want with him?"

J.G: "We just want to protect him, that's all."

A.D: "How do I know that you're not lying?"

S.H: "Maybe we are, maybe we're not."

J.W: "Sherlock, that's not helping."

A.D: "Prove it. Prove that you're here to help him."

Sherlock just simply said, "Look, we can't prove it right now but you just have to trust us." The young teenager just stared at him and just said: "Look I don't have time for this alright!? Look he could be dying in their for all I know!" "So why don't we help each other?" Gibbs asked, "I don't need help!" Andrew stated, "Too bad we're going anyway." Sherlock stated.

Just like that the whole group followed the teenager inside. Korra just shook her head and stated:

"This is going to be a long mission..."

-End Of Chapter Fourteen-