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Sherlock – Last Known Disappearance Scene; London
Sherlock paced around. He was searching for anything, any kind of clue as to how the people had gone missing. They couldn't have just disappeared into thin air. It was impossible.
The area where the last victim had disappeared was an open alleyway, a few blocks away from Piccadilly Circus. There was always so much traffic, how could anyone notice a disappearance or a kidnapping.
It was frustrating and drove the detective nearly mad. Messing up his hair Sherlock made a sound in annoyance. John looked up from where he was inspecting the ground and stared at Sherlock curiously, "you alright?" He asked.
"Fine, fine, I'm fine." Sherlock snapped. There was a lying growl behind his words and his eyes gleamed with a fiery anger.
"You don't seem fine." John remarked stepping towards his flatmate.
Sherlock snapped his head up his eyes meeting John's blue almost grey eyes. He said nothing they just stared at each other in silence. Turning away from John, Sherlock's long black coat billowed in the wind from the motion and walked the length of the alley once again.
"Sherlock," John called after him.
Shaking his head, Sherlock continued to pace. His eyes moved over every inch of the alley, scanning and observing the scene. Yet still there wasn't a thing he could find that would explain the disappearances. "There's nothing here, this doesn't make any sense. It's improbable." The words began to poor out of his mouth unable to be stopped. He continued to pace.
John watched Sherlock with a confused worried expression on his face. There was nothing that could be done to calm the detective or stop him.
"There's nothing here!" He spun around his heel and stood staring out the mouth of the alleyway. Out into the street where the fountain stood. The angel on the top of the fountain no longer had its leg out stretched and leaned forward. Sherlock narrowed his eyes at it and looked back to John after a moment. John was standing by the alley looking out to the traffic. The advertisements on the TV screens flashed and changed as the traffic went by and pedestrians walked along the crosswalk, going about in their daily lives, as if nothing strange was occurring in the world.
Careless.
"Maybe we should call it a day," John suggested. His voice tore Sherlock away from the street and towards him. Sherlock looked at his flatmate and nodded. "Tomorrow we could talk to the families," John added as they began to walk out of the alley.
"Yes, good idea." Sherlock mused as he began to trail off thinking about something else entirely different.
John stopped walking and turned to look at Sherlock shocked, "really?"
Sherlock looked up and blinked at John, "what?"
Sighing John shook his head and turned to hail a cab. "Did you hear a word I said?" He asked an annoyed tone to his words.
Sherlock looked at John, "I was thinking." He replied as if it was the obvious answer. Rolling his eyes John turned his back to the detective and looked out to the traffic. "You go tomorrow," Sherlock stated. John looked back over his shoulder with a confused expression, "talk to the families. Find out what you can," Sherlock continued on and stepped out on the curb as a cab pulled up.
John followed him towards the cab, "and you," He asked confused, "what will you be doing?"
Opening the cab door Sherlock smirked, "why I'm going to visit my dearest brother." Narrowing his eyes at Sherlock out of confusion John said nothing just looked at him waiting for an explanation. He had said he didn't want to involve Mycroft but now. Something had changed. Sherlock flashed John a smile, but his eyes weren't focused on him. They were looking up towards a camera that was attached to the building. The smile faded and he slipped into the cab.
John couldn't help but laugh and nodded at the camera and got in the cab after Sherlock. Closing the door the cabbie drove off to 221B Baker Street.
Supernatural – A Boating Dock; USA
The sound of the boat horn, go off caused Mattie to sit up straight in her seat. She stared out the window of the impala and gulped.
It had been the compromise. Dean agreed to go look into the disappearances in England only as long as they took the ferry. Sam had been fine with the agreement but Mattie was completely terrified and reluctantly agreed. She figured it was Dean's way of getting back at her for making them take the case. The three of them all knew of her fear of boats. Cas had offered to zap her and himself to England but Dean refused to allow it, saying that if they were going to investigate the case, they had to travel his way.
Sam was driving the impala on to the boat in where the cars were kept while the boat was at sea. Sitting in the passenger seat was Mattie shaking in fear slightly as the car drove on to the boat. She tried not to let it show that she was scared but her hands were shaking and clenched into fists at her jeans.
Cas and Dean were in the back but they got out to give the papers and documentations needs to the workers on the boat.
The car came to a stop and Sam cut the engine after putting it in park. He looked to the passenger side and found Mattie with her eyes squeezed shut. "Um, Mattie," he said sounding a little concerned. She shook her head and said nothing. "We gotta get out of the car now." Sam told her.
"You can," she squeaked and slowly began to open her eyes. Opening her eyes she found Sam staring at her, his hazel brown eyes held a confused concern. "But I'm not getting out of this car."
Sam sighed and shook his head, "Mattie," he began to say in a serious matter.
She shook her head and refused to let him speak, "no!"
Sam opened his mouth to say something but couldn't find the right words to say. He knew that the people who worked on the boat weren't going to allow Mattie to stay in the car. They sealed off the area where the vehicles were kept and no one was allowed access to it. If she stayed in the car she'd die.
"Fine, stay in the car," Sam grumbled as he went to get out. Mattie simply nodded and crossed her arms across her chest. One last time he sighed and looked at her sadly. She made no motion whatsoever to get out of the car. Sam opened the door and got out of the car closing it behind him and leaving Mattie inside.
He walked out of the area where the cars were kept and found Dean and Cas lingering just outside the doorway. Dean frowned at his baby brother and raised his arms, a sign that told Sam he was going to ask him a question.
As Sam approached Dean and Cas, Dean stepped toward him and narrowed his eyes in confusion. "Where's Mattie?" He asked. Sam sighed and nodded back towards where the vehicles were kept. Dean frowned, "you got to be kidding me." He remarked.
Sam shook his head, "nope, she won't get out of the car." He stated.
"Well, I'll see about that." Dean said and walked off to the car.
"Dean!" Sam called after his brother but he never bothered to turn back. Sam sighed and shook his head and looked at Cas. Cas stood by Sam and looked at him with a blank but confused expression. "C'mon." Sam said and nodded for Cas to follow as they went off after Dean.
Dean stood by the driver's side of the impala and looked in the window. Mattie was still sitting frozen stiff in the passenger side. Sighing Dean opened the door and slid in the seat. She gave no reaction, even when the door slammed shut and echoed in the enclosed space on the boat. "Matt," Dean greeted.
"Dean," she replied. Her eyes never waved from being fixated on the car that was parked in front of the Impala. The license plate on the back told her that whoever owned the car was from New Jersey.
Frowning Dean looked out the front window to Mattie and sighed, "you gotta get out of the car you know," he told her.
Mattie shook her head and slowly turned her head so she was staring at Dean with an annoyed expression of dislike. "That's not gonna happen." She stated in a matter of fact kind way while her voice held a steel hatred behind it.
Dean laughed, "you and I both know that's not happening." He said frowning at her.
She rolled her eyes and propped her elbow up on the side of the door and leaned her head on it. "Watch it happen." She argued.
"Mattie, they're gonna shut this place up and you're gonna be stuck here. With no air, no food, no water; nothing. Do you wanna die in this car?" He snapped at her.
Shrugging Mattie sat back in her seat and looked at him sideways, "at least I'll have good tunes." She replied with a smirk.
Dean groaned and shook his head. She was stubborn, he would give her that however at the time it was also annoying. "I am not gonna have your corpse stick up my car." He stated.
"Funny," she remarked dryly and stared at him. "How do you plan on keeping me from dying then?" She asked, "Cause I'm not getting out of the car until it's on land again."
He glared at her, "you're acting like a child!"
"I am not getting on the boat!"
"You're already on the boat!" Dean yelled.
Mattie took a deep breath and frowned at Dean, "no I'm in the impala." She disagreed and smiled a little bit.
Dean rolled his eyes shaking his head, "not very logical Spock." He grumbled.
She couldn't help when the corner of her mouth turned up in smile at his comment. After a few moments she shrugged smiling sadly at him.
"You do know, you're in the impala on the boat." He informed her.
"Nope."
Dean laughed and shook his head at her. He could tell that she was lying by the fear that could be heard in her voice. "C'mon," he said sitting up and playfully hitting her arm. Mattie frowned at him, to which he flashed his smile at her, "get out of the car and you can cling on to Cas the whole time we're on the boat." He told her.
Mattie stared at him and opened her mouth as if she was going to speak but no words came out. She was considering and thinking over his offer. There were mixed emotions flashing across her face all at once. Letting out a long breath she unbuckled the seatbelt and frowned at Dean, "if it weren't for your stupid fear," she grumbled.
Dean laughed shaking his head, "if it weren't for you insisting we take the case." He replied smirking.
"Ya, ya, ya shut up." She snapped back as she opened the car door. The boat happened to shift at the same time. Her first instinct was to slam the door shut and sit back in the chair frozen in fear. "Nope! Not happening!" She declared her eyes wide with fear.
Dean groaned and nearly smashed his face into the steering wheel. "Matthew!"
She shook her head frantically while biting her lip almost to the point where she drew blood and unintentionally clawed at the seat. Looking at her Dean saw fear and a stubbornness that told him that there was nothing he could do that would get her out of the car. Sighing out of defeat he got out of the car and returned to where Sam and Cas were lingering by the doorway.
Sam looked at Dean confused, "where's Matt?" He asked dumbfounded.
"In the car," Dean grumbled looking back over his shoulder to where the impala was mixed in with all the other vehicles of other passengers.
"Couldn't get her out?" Another question from Sam.
"Nope," Dean said frowning at Sam. His eyes trailed over to Cas and he smirked, "Cas is." He stated clapping the angel by the shoulder.
Cas blinked shocked and looked to Dean for an explanation. "What?" Both Sam and the angel asked in unison.
"I-I don't understand this joke." Cas told Dean his monotone voice sounding confused.
"No joke," Dean stated smiling at the angel, "I have complete faith in you."
Cas and Sam both stared at Dean utterly shocked. Dean however just continued on smiling and nodded at the angel. "Very well." Cas said nodding. With a split second the angel was gone with the sound of wings flapping.
Sam stepped towards his brother looking towards the cars with a confused worried expression, "are you sure about this Dean?" He asked.
Grinning Dean nodded as he tried not to laugh, "oh, one hundred percent completely, little brother."
Inside the car Mattie had been contemplating to herself and thinking over if she'd done the right thing or not by pursuing the argument to get the brothers to take the case in England. She hadn't noticed when the angel appeared at the side of the car.
Cas tapped on the window and watched as the girl inside jumped in her seat. She turned at looked at the angel and her eyes went wide with shock. Her first thoughts had been that it was a demon or monster of some sort come to attack or kill her.
When Cas opened the car door she couldn't stop herself from breaking out into a fit of laughter. Cas stood in front of the door and blinked confused, "I don't understand," he stated, "what's the joke?"
Mattie shook her head and smiled at the angel, "no joke Cas." She told him, "you just scared me." Her voice had lost the anger and fear that it had held when Dean and Sam had tried to get her from the car. It wasn't something that she intended to happen nor could she control it. Mattie herself barely even noticed it.
Cas nodded, confusion still clear and evident on his face. "Dean said to get your from the car." He said in a bland empty voice.
She frowned and sat back in the car, shaking her head she turned away from Castiel. Her need to the slam the door in Cas' face was stopped by the fact that he still held the door open.
"I'm not sure how to do this." He admitted more to himself than Mattie.
Mattie almost laughed but stopped herself hearing the innocent confusion in his voice. She looked up at him staring at his confused expression, blue eyes hiding a sadness that was often there but never noticed. Thinking about how it must be for him. He was in a whole different world than what he was used to. No one really knew that he was an angel.
Turning away from looking at him Mattie sighed, "Maybe you should leave me in the car then," she hummed under breath.
Cas frowned staring at her, "Dean said to get you from the car." He repeated himself.
Mattie rolled her eyes and turned in her seat to face Cas, "and does good boy Cassy, always do what his master Dean tells him to?" She asked mocking him in a tone of voice one would use to speak to a baby.
Cas blinked and narrowed his eyes at her confused. He fell silent as he stared thoughtfully into space in her direction.
Mattie had dark brown hair that almost appeared black, it had been rather long but she had to cut it due to recent events. Now it hung just past her chin to her shoulders in a choppy manner from when Dean had cut it off with his knife. She wore a pair of old beat up looking jeans that were a dark grey with black converse shoes, along with a t-shirt that had the image of the logo for a team of superheroes called The Avengers with a black jacket over top. Cas noticed how her nails had grown out and had chipped nail polish on them as she tapped at her leg in a nervous reaction.
"Cassy?" He repeated her finally breaking the silence. Tilting his head confused he stared at the girl.
Mattie nodded and smirked, "yeah, it's your name." She replied sounding slightly annoyed.
Cas frowned at stared at her his blue eyes bright with confusion, "my name is Castiel." He recited.
She groaned and hit her head off the headrest, "I know, Cas."
"Then," he went to say.
"It' was a joke." Mattie said with a sad smile on her face. Cas blinked tilting his head to the side as he tried to understand. She laughed to herself and smiled, it was a cute habit that Mattie found the angel had when he was trying to put things together. Looking into the rear-view mirror, she saw Dean and Sam talking to a member of the staff from the ship. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed Cas still standing with the door open. "Is your plan to just stand there till I get out?" She asked looking at him.
"I am thinking of how I am supposed to get you out of the car," Cas replied as he stared blankly at nothing with a focused thoughtful expression.
She laughed and looked back into the mirror again. It looked as though they were arguing now. Sighing she looked to Cas again. Knowing Cas he would stay like that till he figured out an answer.
Staring at him Mattie frowned thoughtfully. Sighing Mattie turned around in the seat and stared at Cas. He titled his head fixing her with a confused look, his eyes alarmingly blue. "I'll get out of the car," she sighed and stood up.
Backing up at bit Cas straightened his head and narrowed his eyes at her. He knew Mattie to be a stubborn and unchangeable person, and yet, she stood before him out of the car she'd refused to leave. "This is a wise choice," he said nodding in approval.
Mattie rolled her eyes, "yeah, yeah, yeah. Now, where is somewhere that I can pretend this place isn't a boat?" She asked panicked. Her voice held a fear that Castiel had never heard nor ever associated with the young girl.
Cas stared at her, he opened his mouth to answer her, but the boat shifted moving against a wave from the ocean. The action caused a jarring motion and Mattie fell forward yelping in fear.
Out of instinct she reached out for the first thing she could grab onto. She found herself clinging to the collar of Cas' overcoat. Mattie yelped in fear and clung onto the fabric, she hid her face trying to block out the image of the boat or whatever reaction Cas was having to her sudden change. It surprised her when she felt his arm around her waist holding her up so she wouldn't fall and trying to comfort her. She took comfort in that and breathed in the scent that was Cas. It was a curious mix but was also clouded with the smell of the ocean and steam from the engine of the ship.
The sound of Dean's laughter brought Mattie back to the reality that she was standing on a boat and clinging on to an angel out of fear. "Told you, you could cling on to him," Dean laughed grinning at her. He was standing by the trunk. Mattie made a face at him and he laughed. Slammed the trunk shut after taking out the duffel bag. "C'mon, you two," Dean called as he turned away from his car and headed out to the main deck.
Mattie went to step away from Cas but froze and couldn't help the little whimpering sound that came out of her. The boat moved shifted again and she squeaked in fear and was surprised when Cas moved towards her taking her in his arms allowing her to cling to his coat.
She realized then that she'd lost the comfort of the impala and was trapped on the boat till they reached England. Cas' arm tightened around her and she looked up at him surprised. Her dark eyes were wide with fear as she stared at him chewing on lip in fear.
"You have nothing to fear on this boat," Castiel said staring down into Mattie's face.
Forcing a laugh Mattie shook her head, "yeah I do," she squeaked out in fear. Ignored the sound of honest sincerity and caring in Cas' words as he spoke. Her fear was too great to allow her that.
Cas shook his head, and frowned slightly, "no, you don't." He sounded so serious and intense that Mattie almost believed him and nearly shivered in fear at the intensity that came from his gaze. She imagined it was close to how those who had seen him display his angelic powers felt or something to that extent. It reminded her of what Cas truly was, not that she forgot though.
Staring at him, she wanted to believe the words he said to her with every fiber of her being but the moment the boat rocked again she squeaked and hid her face.
A fluttering of wings startled her and she looked up from where she'd hidden her face. Cas had zapped them into the room where the four of them would be staying for the journey.
Even with her feet on the ground of the room on the ship, Mattie still didn't want to let go of Cas' jacket. She stared at the hand that gripped on to the fabric silently. It startled her when Cas' own hand came around hers softly prying it from his collar.
Mattie bowed her head ashamed allowing him to take her hand from his coat. It must have been pretty awkward and embarrassing having a grown woman clinging on to your jacket in fear, Mattie figured. It confused her when he lifted her face to look at him by her chin.
"I promise, no harm will come to you while you're on this ship." Castiel said. His voice was calm collected and completely monotone as ever with no emotion. The shocking short moment of intense almost emotion from seconds ago was gone.
Staring at him Mattie stepped back. Her feet were unsure beneath her and knees shaky. However her reasons for the cause of her shaky knees were a curious mix. "Is that a promise from God…" she paused taking in Cas` confused expression. Clearing her throat she spoke again, "or a promise from you?"
Cas shook his head, "I don't understand," he confessed and tilted his head, "you're asking-"
The angel was cut off from speaking when the door swung open and Dean and Sam walked in. "Cas!" Dean exclaimed walking into the room.
Mattie looked from Dean to Cas and noticed how awkward he looked. The little moment and exchange between them was clearly effecting the angel; as he struggled to reply to his friend. She almost smirked in satisfaction at it.
"There you are," Sam said following his brother into the room.
Mattie was surprised when she was pulled into a hug by the older of the two brothers, but she returned the hug. "Don't do that again," Dean ordered and released her from the hug.
Cas frowned confused but remained silent on the matter.
"Well on a plus side she's out of the car." Sam remarked a smile on his face.
Mattie faked a laugh and made a face at Sam, "real funny." She commented sarcastically and rolled her eyes as she sat herself on the edge of one of the beds in the room. It was going to be real fun living in one room with three guys for the journey to England Mattie realized.
"Good work Cas," Dean praised the angel with a laugh.
Cas nodded and tried to share Dean laugh but it came out awkward and the smile disappeared quickly.
Hope you like it. Please review if you'd like. :3 It'll get better I promise. -H.R