After fleeing from England to Switzerland after his supposed death, the Lord of Crime, William James Moriarty makes his comeback as a crime consultant to finish off making his New World. But this time, Sherlock is his partner in crime and two little...
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~long chapter ahead~
England was a busy place; it wasn't surprising. There was a man violently yelling about voting rights next to a lamp post while shoving promotion posters on civilians' faces, another was a woman trying to promote her tea shop. But Lisa's condescending footsteps seemed to block out everything that Leo was hearing.
Her fists were clenched, and her posture was straight, it was intimidating. Like an assistant following his mentor, Leo trailed behind her. Poor boy, people stared at him as if he were a man-child.
Where were they going? They were going to meet Zachary, the Head of Operations. Despite Lisa's superior and intimidating aura, it was no joke that she chanted a prayer on her head that Zachary would permit them to follow the Lord of Crime and the Consulting Detective.
The building where the office was located was up close. Lisa picked up on her speed, not showing an inch of tiredness. Leo on the other hand, the poor young man felt like his lungs were going to deplete themselves from working. But he knew he shouldn't anger the determined woman.
Miraculously, he caught up with the woman. Lisa barged into the building's door, stomping her way up to the stairs where Zachary's office would be.
The fake gold engraved sign written in bold letters, " ZACHARY MORGAN - HEAD OF OPERATIONS ". Despite his high position in the cooperation, it seemed that Lisa had forgotten her dignity; finding William James Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes was indeed her main priority after all.
"Bloody goodness Lisa! You do not open the door like that! Has your mother taught you any manners?!" Zachary exclaimed with a face of sheer shock. Lisa's blue eyes darkened, her eyebrows furrowed and a scowl left her lips. She stomps to Zachary, Leo trailing from behind with his hands intertwined with one another in the consolation of his nervousness. She stuffed her hand into her handbag that contained dozens of photos of William and Sherlock and slammed them on the table.
Zachary looked up at her with his right eyebrow raised, he hesitantly took to stack of photos that scattered across his table like matchsticks. Carefully analyzing the photos, he lets out a hum of acknowledgment.
"It's great you have shown me this, Lisa" A small glimpse of hope filled her spirits, "But why are you showing me this?" And her spirit went down. Zachary's calloused hands hovered over the photos, but never saw any significance towards them. "Their story ended almost half a decade ago. Why should we interfere?" Lisa scowled.
She slams her hands onto the spruce table, powerful enough for some items off the table like his clock, or strong enough for his lamp to tip over. "Can't you see?!" Lisa began her argument, "This is William James Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes!" She continued. "William James Moriarty is considered dead or missing in the UK! Imagine the bounty on his head! If we return him to the English Government, imagine how much money we would receive!" Lisa argued.
The atmosphere was thick and dense, almost suffocating. Zachary could only let out a sigh, and Leo gulped. Lisa's stubbornness did not help the situation any further. Her face alone only spoke the words "Answer you, damned person". Lisa decided to break the silence.
"Allow us to go to England and chase down William and Sherlock" She surprisingly calmly said, forgetting her explosive argument. "While the money looks tempting...I refused to send you to England" Zachary said. Lisa's eyes widened and her jaw dropped. It looked like a bomb was ticking inside of her.
"WHY WOULD YOU WASTE SUCH A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR MONEY?!? DON'T YOU KNOW WE CAN USE IT FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE AGENC—" "What's the status of the current mission I had assigned to you?" Zachary asked, looking straight into the enraged girl's eyes.
"I didn't do my job. My main priority is to find William and Sherlock" Lisa had said so straightforwardly, it not only shocked Leo (Who had his jaw dropped to the floor) but shocked Zachary too.
It was Zachary's turn to let out a scowl. "I refuse to send you to England. Focus on the mission I assigned to you. Now." He had said. In an attempt to calm the tension scramming in his mind, he runs his fingers through his hair. "BUT WHAT ABOU—" "No. My answer is final" Zachary had cut her off.
Bless Leo's heart, he had witnessed not only Lisa's undefeated stubbornness get defeated by his boss, but also holding up with all of Lisa's 'ridiculous' advancements to find William James Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes.
Lisa let out a stressful groan, she stormed out of Zachary's office in pure anger, it was so intense that Leo could see a cloud of red following her every move. Before catching up to the girl, he apologized to Zachary before shutting the door and chasing Lisa.
Leo could see Lisa throwing a bunch of rocks onto a wall, in an attempt to calm her nerves down. "Lisa, calm do-" Leo got caught off by a rock hitting his head. "Ow! What was that for?!" He complained as he rubbed his head to soothe the aching pain. "I don't care about what that scum says, we're going to England," She said.
"But...wouldn't that also make us become criminals for going against a high ranking authoritative of Swiss Police?! Are we going to betray Zachary?!" Leo tried reasoning out, and it worked like a charm.
"Damn it..we need to follow them!" Lisa groaned in frustration, Leo gulped for what seemed like the nth time. "M..Maybe next time, or later..." Leo said, he sympathized the girl. Her ambitions that masked up as stubbornness went down like a cascading waterfall.
"I have an idea..." Leo said, Lisa looked at him.
"How about we try to follow them in a sense of fake identities too?"
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i.am.so.sorry. I KEEP GOING ON HIATUS I AM SO SORRY 😭😭 not only have i been burned out from studying but ive been having writers block too😭😭 im so sorry if you have been waiting for the chapters !
I will try my best to update more often...I just need to find time to manage my time with writing the story and focusing on school.
I will be making a few changes in this book such as organizing the chapters to a much more pleasing way and delete some of the hiatus notes :)
