Madison King
Chapter 5
Sherlock slowly moves to peek through the dirty, grime-covered window. The building was obviously built for storage and hiding. From the outside, it was a setting not unlike a workshop. The building is uninhabited, so Sherlock slowly opens the creaking door crack by crack.
He motions for the party to follow him into the building. Sherlock starts running around the room as he inspects every corner. He tries to figure out who was here and who he is apparently on trailing. He believes he knows one of the men who were here. He tries to figure out the other. He thinks to himself, it could not have been Moriarty's sniper. We lost his trail blocks ago. Who was it? Who was the… The high-pitched buzzing of the Doctor's sonic screwdriver breaks up his train of thought.
"Everybody shut up!" Sherlock snaps as he turns to face the Doctor, "Doctor, turn that thing off. I'm trying to think."
"But we didn't…" Amy starts to say. She is completely confused as to why they are being told to be quiet when they haven't said a word.
"Just do as he says," John interrupts her.
The Doctor puts away his sonic screwdriver, and Sherlock continues to investigate the room. Sherlock puts on his black leather gloves. With his left hand, he pulls a magnifying glass and measuring tape out of his inner right coat pocket. He continues to examine everything. He looks at every detail. He sniffs at some cigarette ash and determines the type.
There's a trail of footprints on the floor. Sherlock starts inspecting them carefully as the Doctor notices something in the corner that looks as like a giant spider web that has be cut in half. The Doctor makes his way over to the webbing. "Sherlock, do you mind if I use my sonic screwdriver now?" the Doctor looks over his shoulder and says, "I think I found something that could help you on your case."
Sherlock looks up from the trail of footprints and scoffs when he sees that what the Doctor is looking at is mealy an oversized spider's web. "No, that's a spider web, Doctor. They may not have spiders on your planet or in your dimension, but that is of minimal importance here."
"I know what spiders are, and this doesn't look like an ordinary spider web. We both heard those men speak. Something attacked the British one. I believe this may have been left behind the thing that attacked him."
"Are you trying to tell me that he was attacked by a giant spider?" Sherlock answers brusquely.
"A spider isn't the only thing in the universe that can create a web," the Doctor sighs and replies. "This is thicker…and don't you dare come investigate it because there's a chance this could be poisonous!"
"Fine, use your 'sonic screwdriver.'" As Sherlock is about to walk out on the group, he pauses. He's seemingly frozen in place. "Change of plans…run!" He grabs John's wrist as he sprints from the building. John is shocked, but runs with his friend rather than be dragged along. The Doctor, Amy, and Rory are completely confused, but they follow them out of the building and down several blocks. Sherlock does not stop (and therefore the group does not stop) until they are only a few city blocks from Baker Street. They are far away from of the building they were in. They slowly meander until they get to 221B Baker Street. No one says a word until they are in the flat.
