Case Closed AU
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
"I see… it makes senses when you look at the evidence all around the murder… it's so sad… for a child to kill their own mother…" Eva said after a moment of silence when she thought over the evidence and the pieces began to fall into place in her mind.
"I couldn't ever imagine hurting mom much less killing her." Rachel said glancing at her mother who smiled at her slightly.
"And I can't imagine killing my kaa-san either. The pure hurt and rage he must have been feeling at her running off like she had... it must've been so hard for him." Irene said softly as looked at the pictures in the book in front of her.
"Yeah he won the sob story of the year. Now how are we going to find this guy?" Moroboshi asked callously and earning glares from everyone for being so heartless.
"That boy's getting on my nerves." Irene said quietly to Vi under her breath, causing Vi to nod silently in agreement.
"He's undoubtedly connected to Professor Moriarty somehow so we'd better find the Professor's right hand man Colonial Mori." Irene said glaring at Moroboshi as she relied on her encyclopedic knowledge of Holmes and Sir Author Conan Doyle's books in general to come up with a viable plan of action.
"It says here that the colonial's de facto base is the Trump club downtown." Vi said looking at the book in her hands again and causing Irene to nod at her.
"Then that's where we're going next. It's likely that if we find the Colonial we'll find the professor who'll know something about JTR no matter if he works for the Professor or not." Irene said causing everyone to nod as Eva picked Irene up and cradled her gently again.
"Holy Crapola! They left us a real gun here!" George said picking up a gun that he had found in a random unlocked drawer.
"Put it down George! Never pick up a gun you don't know how to use and even if you did know how to use it I already have a gun! Put it back. Now!" Irene ordered causing the boy to pout and put the gun back as everyone began walking out the door, none of them except for Takizawa noticing that Moroboshi had grabbed the gun and put it in the back of his pants.
"Baa-chan…let's go around back and see if we can spot the Colonial." Irene said after they had arrived at the Trump club after walking for about thirty minutes.
"Yeah. Rachel you watch the other kids and Irene-chan and I should be back soon." Eva said causing Rachel to nod slightly.
"Please be careful you two." Rachel said causing Irene to smirk.
"Come on Kaa-chan. It's me we're talking about here." Irene said causing Rachel to snort slightly.
"That's what I'm afraid of." Rachel retorted causing Irene to face plant while Eva chuckled slightly as the two of them snuck in through the back door. After a few minutes of watching the Colonial playing poker, and cheating as Irene pointed out to Eva, Moroboshi, and Takizawa Moroboshi decided to call him out on it.
"Moroboshi you idiot!" Irene snarled as their whole group rushed into the pub after Moroboshi dropped the gun he was holding, and the Colonial picked it up and shot at Irene and Eva, only to hit the boy that Irene had saved earlier. Another bullet went off and hit George while Amy and Mitch were hit over the head and also got game overs.
"Baa-Chan…I've got an idea. Don't worry." Irene said after a moment before she jumped off of Eva's back and flipped to grab the fancy bottle of wine that had remained untouched in front of an equally fancy chair.
"Professor Moriarty wants to speak to these seven." An older gentleman said opening the door just after Irene got done reeling off the evidence that the wine was for Moriarty himself. Eva carried Irene, who was still holding the wine bottle in her hands, outside the pub with Rachel, Vi and the three boys behind her.
"Here you go mister…although I already know that the man in the carriage isn't the real Professor Moriarty. He's just a dummy you're using am I right…Professor Moriarty?" Irene asked smiling brightly ad she handed over the wine to the man who seemed to be a low level flunkies… but was actually the real Moriarty.
"How did you figure it out?" Moriarty asked taking off his hat and grinning.
"Professor Moriarty is an older gentleman who enjoys wearing herbal cologne… plus the Colonial back there said for you to please wait, he wouldn't have said please unless you were the real Moriarty." Irene said smiling the whole while and causing Eva to sigh slightly. Why couldn't the girl want to be a lawyer? If Eva was the 'Queen' of the courtrooms then Irene would probably be titled as the 'goddess' of the courtroom with her intelligence levels as high as they are at such a young age.
"Amazing. It's like I'm looking at the secret love child of Sherlock and Irene." Moriarty said grinning wider and causing Irene to blush slightly.
"My name is Irene, but she's my kaa-san and this is my baa-chan. I'm not related to Sherlock or Irene Adler as far as I know." Irene said shyly as she pointed at Rachel and then at Eva.
"Either way…yes I will help you capture JTR since he no longer wants to kill when I say he can. I'll place an advertisement in tomorrow's classifieds to him giving him a new target. Let's see if you can save her in time. It'd be a shame if Sherlock were to lose her before he realized what she means." Moriarty said after a lengthy speech that most of the group tuned out, causing Irene to look confused for a minute before her eyes widened.
"So she's going to be your target huh? We'll see about that. By the way…be careful at the falls three years from now." Irene said causing Moriarty to stare at her before he drove off silently. Every immediately agreed with Irene's next comment while Rachel seemed to be busy trying to think about something.
"Let's find a place to sleep tonight guys. We'll have a busy day tomorrow."