Actual real Law- In London, England, it is illegal to use a camera tripod, throw a stick for your dog or use an offensive powder like pepper on your jacket potato in any park.
A/N- Another real law. My twin helped me on this one. Enjoy and review
Sherlock had dragged John out to Hyde Park at a ridiculous hour of the morning. The sun had yet to appear and it was pitch black in the park.
"You better have a damned good reason for this Sherlock" John stated through chattering teeth," It's absolutely freezing and I haven't had breakfast yet!" Sherlock gave John one of his piercing stares before handing him a camera tripod to carry.
"Breakfast is boring John and you should have remembered to bring your jacket when I told you we were going out" Sherlock huffed, annoyed at John's constant nagging.
The pair reached a quiet corner of the park just as the sun appeared over the trees. John thought this was beautiful and mentioned it to Sherlock. Sherlock gave him a look of complete disgust before uttering a single word "Deleted" to John.
"Remind me again why we are here," asked John two hours later when nothing at all had happened. Sherlock replied;
"We are waiting John to catch a killer who will be passing through at some point during the day. I will recognise him of course by the scarf he will be wearing and we will then call Lestrade, our favourite DI to arrest him." It sounded a bit far fetched to John but then again this was Sherlock Holmes.
By lunchtime, however, John was starving and went to a café and bought a jacket potato. Weird, he knew but for some reason he had been craving one. When he returned Sherlock was on the phone to Lestrade. He had spotted the suspect entering the park.
Five minutes later the Scotland Yard detective had the suspect in handcuffs and came over to thank the two men. His partner for the day was a young, newly qualified officer who seemed rather keen. When he caught up with Lestrade he let out a weird high pitch noise which caused all of the others to look at him.
"What is it Bell?" asked Lestrade.
"Sir, it's just that…well Sir…emm…" he began unsure how to deal with his predicament.
"Spit it out Bell before I have you on desk duty all night" interjected the DI. Picking up his courage he began again:
"Sir, these men are breaking the Law and if you do nothing about it then I'm afraid that I will have to." Lestrade, John and Sherlock stared at the young officer with a look of surprise.
"Don't you know who you are accusing here, Bell" Lestrade said.
"Yes Sir I do understand but the fact of the matter is that both of these men have broken the Law and technically you should arrest them on the spot. There is a law that states: In London, England, it is illegal to use a camera tripod, or use an offensive powder like pepper on your jacket potato in any park. Mr Holmes has used a camera tripod in his investigation and Dr. Watson has a packet of pepper in his hand from where has just placed some on his potato." Lestrade didn't know how to react to this statement but in the end started laughing. This could be fun and so soon after the Chelsea Pensioner incident.
"Now, now boys my young officer is never wrong about these things. Place your hands behind you heads and Bell here is going to cuff you. We can't be making exceptions for anyone." Bell did this and John and Sherlock were led through the park completely humiliated as Lestrade was only to happy to oblige when people asked as to why they had been arrested.
By the time they reached the Yard, texts had been sent and the Baker St. men were greeted by a welcoming party which included Donovan and Anderson who looked very happy indeed.
The men were placed in a holding cell while the paperwork was done and Mycroft was called to post bail. Mycroft appeared half an hour later, looking less than impressed having been dragged away from an important meeting with the Prime Minister.
When he reached the cell he gave Sherlock a disappointed speech on how inappropriate it was for him to have a brother who kept breaking the law at inappropriate times. When the paperwork had been completed John and Sherlock walked out of the station but Sherlock insisted on getting the last word with his brother. He had a valid point in what he said but after the days events it sounded petty and childish. He muttered the statement to his brother before getting into a cab he had hailed.
"Well did you know that it is also against the law to break a boiled egg at the sharp end and that the punishment is 24 hours in the stocks! Why isn't that Law enforced"
John could only laugh as he sat down in the cab. Sherlock had at least done some homework on the Law since his last ridiculous arrest but it appeared there was still work to be done in that respect.