A/N: I'm finally back after nearly a year. Its time for Mary to get involved I think...Thanks to Conductor of Darkness for this one!
Stupid Law 35
All had been quiet on the stupid laws front in Baker St and the boys had basically given up their quest to outdo eachother. After Sherlock's death and reappearance neither felt like restarting their game.
After the incident involving Magnussen Sherlock and John decided that it may be time for Mary to join them on one of their cases as her unique skill set may be helpful from time to time. (The fact that she had asked them a million times had absolutely nothing to do with it).
A case from New York had turned out to be a bit more interesting than anticipated and the three found themeselves on a private outward flight courtesy of 'the British G overnment'. The flight was long and boring and Sherlock was like like a trapped child. He paced up and down the ailse restlessly andat the two hour markJohn couldn't take it anymore. He dragged Sherlock by the scruff of his neck to the back of the plane to give Mary a break and placed a laptop in front of him. An opened tab indicated the nature of what was to occupy the boys for the remainder of the flight.
Mary was excited to be on the case; working alongside John and Sherlock would be entertaining at the very least. Little did she know what was being planned behind her. Theboys had never informed her of their stupid laws escapade and had no idea that she was quickly becoming their new target.
"Ah Mary how are you?" came Sherlock'svoice quite suddenly beside her ear. She jumped quite dramatically having been in a world of her own for quite some time.
"I'm fine Sherlock, same as always" she replied looking quizically at the detective who rarely showed interest in her well-being.
"When we reach NewYork I need you to accompany me to the meeting I have set up while John is examining the body. It is imperative to the case for me to have a girlfriend." The last word seemed extraordinaily hard for Sherlock to form and Mary laughed slightly.
"Sure thing dear! As long as my husband has no objections". She turned to see John shrug his shoulders and grin at the idea of Sherlock parading a girlfriend once more.
The plane landed and they hurried to a car that had been laid on by the client. It had begun to drizzle and Sherlock detested his suit getting wet. Once inside the car the ran over the case with the most up to date facts available. They dropped John at the police lab and headed towards the meeting Sherlock had set up. It turned out that Mary was in fact there to observe the other members movements while Sherlock focused on the main suspect inthe case. He was posing as a drug supplier in order to ascertain whether or not the suspect and victim had been involved in an argument in the hours leading up to his murder.
Mary watched the detective in his element and was surprised by the committment he gave to his character. If she had met him she would have believed every word. It turned out to be quite a heated affair and Mary was glad to be back in the car afterwards.
"Well Mary I thinkwe can rule him out as a suspect. He was clearly in central park at the time of death." Mary nodded and refrained from asking how he had come to the conclusion as she was too jet-lagged to hear the answer.
John met them at the hotel and Mary, within minutes had kiced off her shoes and replaced them with the slippers provide by her loving husband. John was busy on his phone and she turned her attention to the news on the t.v..
Without warning Sherlock burst through the door, glanced quickly at John who nodded curtly and moved towards Mary.
"We need to leave now! I think I may have underestimated my opponent slighly. We were followed here and he's on his way!" Mary ran out the door and down the back stairs while the boys 'cleared' the room.
"Everything sorted on my end John. The police are waiting. This one is going to be quite an interesting reaction. Grab my phone, Lestrade needs to see this!"
The boys hurried down to the back of the hotel where the police waited. They had had dealings with the detective in the past and had heard whisperings of the stupid law game thanks to a state change from an Ohio detective. A minute late Mary appeared andthe police closed her down.
"Ma'am I'm placing you under arrest. You do not have to say anything..." Mary began to protest having no idea why she was been placed in handcuffs. She spied the boys staring in her direction with huge grins on their faces.
"What the heck is going on here" she roared.
"There is a law which states that slippers are not to be worn outdoors after 10pm inthe state of New York and you are clearly in breach of this law" replied the young officer who was fighting hard to contain his laughter.
By this stage Sherlock and John were no longer in control of their laughter and it rang out around the alleyway.
As Mary was seated in the back of the police car to be taken to the station, the boys simply walked past and simply said "Welcome to the the game MrsWatson"...