More they went in that direction, more they heard pieces of conversations: "…now, my dear warden, we will have some fun with you!" a cruel and primitive voice affirmed.
"I'm not scared, and I know the baritsu art! On guard, felons!" a steady, but a little trembling voice said.
The two aliens saw that the man who had spoken was surrounded by a group of thugs, which were with bats and clubs.
The gentleman was in a defensive stance, with his cane raised and ready to hit, but he was clearly outnumbered.
As a matter of fact, one of the criminals hit him on the head with a bat from behind, and he fell on the ground, groaning.
Eiyuu scowled, and following his instinct, pulled out the gun from the holster, and exited from the hiding place, with Meen-yawn at his side to protect him.
"Hey! You crooks! Stop right there, or I'll shot you!" the young alien shouted, pointing the de-gun, set on "dehydration", toward the one that seemed the boss of the clique.
The gang, hearing the yell, turned toward the voice, and the leader was going to laugh, hearing that young voice threatening them.
But seeing the two aliens, their remained shocked, and Eiyuu had the time to hit all of them, reducing them to sparkling cubes.
"Meen-yawn, pick up those cubes, I go to see how that poor man is is doing," the small alien said at his aquatic friend.
The ichthyoid nodded, and picked up all the eight cubes, while Eiyuu leaned over the man lying on the ground.
He examined the point where he was hit, touching lightly with his fingers the bump.
He let out a sigh of relief, when he saw that was only a great lump, and he took a vial of smelling salts from a leather pochette that he had attached at the belt.
He turned delicately the man, and passed the vial under his nose, noticing that he had chestnut mustache.
The gentleman groaned, screwing up his eyes, then opening them, blinking to focus.
"You're all right, good man? Now you are safe…I've neutralized those thugs. You can pull yourself up, or do you want a hand?" Eiyuu asked, with a worried note in his voice.
The sir blinked again, to see if he had an hallucination, because he saw the appearance of his rescuer.
"Hum…I think that I'm capable to stand for myself, thank you. Mh…perhaps you are wearing a costume and you have a make up? Sorry if I'll ask you, but you are blue, and you have a big head," he asked confused.
Eiyuu blinked, and laughed, while helping the man staying on his feet.
"No, no…this is my real aspect, and even if you wouldn't believe me, I'm not from this planet. I'm an alien, and I come from a very distant planet from here, that now don't exist no more. To tell you the truth, I was going to remain hidden from the Earthlings for a while, but I had the impulse to come to rescue you. I hope to not have shocked you too much," the young alien finished, smiling.
The man had a surprised, but not shocked, expression, so he smiled, and said, "You didn't have shocked me, sonny boy. I'm the warden of London's prison, and I saw many unbelievable things. I'm only a little surprised…I didn't thought that there was life outside Earth, especially intelligent life, and I suppose that your so big cranium would indicate a great intellect, right?"
Eiyuu nodded, and answered, "Now I understand why those men were against you! They wanted to avenge themselves on you, because, I suppose, they were in jail, right? And yes, you're right, during my space voyage from my planet to Earth, I've established that I have a superior intellect than humans, and I want to use it to help you improve."
The prison warden was again astonished by the kid's intuition, and by his maturity.
"Yes, that's true, that gang was exited from prison recently, and they wanted not only hurt me, but even entering the prison to free their companions that were still inside. How old are you, if I am given to know? And it would be a bless from the sky if you will better our living standards. And what do you mean by "during my space voyage"? I have so many questions, but the most important now is: sonny, what you were doing, all alone, in a so disreputable zone?" the prison's rector asked, with a worried tone.
In that moment Meen-yawn returned with the cubes in his robotic hands, and the gentleman goggled at him, seeing that fish in the robotic suit: he really didn't expect that.
"Sir, I took all the hoodlums, like you said. I've heard what you've said, and my Sir wasn't alone, I was there to protect him, and we were searching a place to settle and hide our spaceship – the space vehicle we used to arrive on Earth – to begin the work chosen by my ward," the ichthyoid said at the warden.
The warden recovered from the shock, and said, "I've understand, you were searching one of those empty warehouses. But what type of work you want to do, boy? And what are those luminous cubes? My head is spinning…"
Eiyuu nodded at the first question, and answered, "Exactly, now our space jet is parked on the woody island at the center of the small lake, into the Battersea Park, and it's invisible, so it's safe. I'm ten years old, and during the voyage we had seen many things thanks to some probes sent here on Earth by my parents. These probes transmitted…mh…moving photographs on an apparatus on the spaceship."
"Beautiful things, but also horrendous, and so I've decided that not only I would improve your life thanks to my technology, but I want also to become a detective, to resolve cases and protect the innocents. And those cubes are the gang dehydrated by my gun," said that, unsheathed the weapon, and to demonstrate the concept, he pointed it toward a brick that was on the ground, reducing it to a cube.
Then Meen-yawn went there and watered with some drops the cube, to make it return like before.
The warden was speechless, and if before it seems all incredible, after seeing that demonstration he knew that was all true.
"Damn! I was skeptic, but seeing that gun I've changed my mind. A detective, uh? And why not a policeman? Detectives aren't so well wanted, neither considered by the local authorities. I have a high consideration for them, it's clear, also because they resolve better the cases than Scotland Yard police…but please, don't tell it around."
"For what concern the place where you could stay, here it's not a suitable place, but I think that you've already realized that. Since I have a good feeling about you two, I propose you an offer: I own a disused house on Baker Street, where you can live, and one of those ruined warehouses it was of my family. You can hide your…space ship in the warehouse, and use the remaining space as a investigative study."
"It's clear that I wouldn't cede those structures for free, but for the moment it's all right like that, since you are arrived just now, and I think that you haven't a penny, or I'm wrong? When you would crack some cases, you can pay me with your earned money, all right?" the director finished, smiling at the two aliens.
The two watched themselves, and Eiyuu made a gesture with his head to Meen-yawn, as if to invite him to speak in private.
"If you don't mind, we want to discuss this in private, wait here, please," the young alien said at the mustached man.
The prison's warden nodded, understanding perfectly, and the two space creatures went in a safe place to talk.
"In my opinion, we can trust him, and anyway it will be useful to have a contact inside the prison, when I would do the work of detective it would be useful to talk to him for advices or other things, and even with the prisoners. What do you think, Meen-yawn?" Eiyuu asked with trepidation.
The ichthyoid nodded, and answered, "I trust him too, and it would be comfy for us have a nice place where live, instead of a warehouse."
So they returned to the warden, and they said to him that they accepted his proposal.
The prison's curator sighed in relieve, and said, "Very well, I'm happy to hear that. I know that you have a maturity and knowledge more advanced than a normal human, but you are still a kid. If you want, this night you can sleep at my house."
"I'm a bachelor, and a little company wouldn't ruin me. Then tomorrow night I would make you see where the warehouse is located, so you can park your space ship there. I'm also curious to see how it's done. Then I would take you at the apartment."
"You have to tidy it up a little, but I have the impression that it wouldn't be a problem for you two. Ah…almost forgot! I didn't introduce myself: I'm Gordon Baker, and it was really a pleasure to make your acquaintance, even if it happened on unfortunate circumstances."
"Now…I want to ask you what we are gonna do with those…cubes…we are still near the prison, and I can take them inside, but there is the problem to explain why they are reduced in this state. I understand that you two want to remain hidden for a while, because you fear the people's reactions."
"My idea is this – and tell me if it please you – in this moment there is a trusty guard doing the night shift. He's one of my right-hand men, and I know that he would maintain the secret. We can go all three to him, and explain the situation, telling him to make up something to justify the return of those scoundrels in jail," Gordon finished, watching the two aliens.
Eiyuu smiled at that idea, and at the fact that he found someone who was quick-witted.
"It's a marvelous idea, and it's true that I don't want to show myself right away. But it's not important, in any case I have my means of defense, and there is my friend who said that he would protect me. Even we didn't introduced ourselves, and since we trust you, we are going to say our names," he said, watching Meen-yawn, which nodded, happy at the idea.
"I'm Eiyuu Hatsumei, and on our planet I was the son of the King and Queen of our land, but here I'm only a simple boy that want to become a detective, and help people," the blue alien affirmed, with his eyes that sparkled at the idea of helping improve Londoner's life, and even the people of England.
"I'm Meen-yawn, and I'm the guardian designed to protect my Sir. My race inhabited the fresh river and lake's waters of our planet, and I was born from a family that always served and protected Aosei's rulers."
"Usually the relationship between an Ichthysonian and his protégée is more similar to a servant/master, but seeing the situation here in London, our relationship is more near friendship, because we understood that we have to develop trust between us, in order to survive," the ichthyoid finished, watching sweetly Eiyuu.
Gordon nodded, memorizing the names, and said, "Eiyuu and Minion. I know that it's not the right spelling, but I was thinking that your name is similar to the English word "minion", that means "supporter". It's a term used often in the criminal underworld, but I don't know why, I think it's fitting for you," the warden said at the alien fish.
"And you were a prince? In any case, you're right to be humble, since the nobles here in London are not so liked by the low-class people. Well, now better stop with the courtesies. It's late, better take those offenders where they belong, and go at my house," Gordon finished, walking toward the prison.
The two aliens nodded, and Eiyuu remembered something else, when warden Baker told him about the nobles.
They entered the prison, and the guard was shocked to see the two aliens.
He took the cubes, and he putted them into isolated cells, even isolated from the other cells, and he watered them, following the blue alien's instructions.
The thugs were again scared, seeing Eiyuu again, and he was happy, because he thought that the bad peoples would have fear of him.
The guard said that, if they would ask why they were again in jail, he would have said that the warden was attacked (which was the truth) and he helped him taking down the crooks.
They hadn't fear that the gang was going to tell the truth, because no one would believe them, thinking that it was a hallucination provoked by drugs or alcohol took by the gang's members.
The little genius nodded, satisfied by the idea, and thanked the guard, which was called Arthur Smith.
Then they went toward Gordon baker's house, which was on Baker Street too, and in the meanwhile they talked about other things.