Preternatural Deductions
I was in my second viewing of the Sherlock Homes movie, when this hit me between the eyes...
Thanks to my friends on IM that helped me with the little bits of background lore that I couldn't quite remember.
And, thanks to Ithildyn for the help with the title.
"Must you wake me at this ungodly hour?" Sherlock Holmes was obviously not a morning person.
"I had to, darling. I'm off to my chambers to sleep soon. It's only a few hours until dawn, you know."
The feminine voice in his ear caused him to jerk awake and stumble away from the armchair he had been sleeping in. "Irene!"
"Sherlock!" the pale woman parroted back, smirking.
"How did you get in?"
"Your landlady invited me in earlier in the evening. Marvelous woman. Very tidy."
Holmes glared. "I think I'll have a talk with her, if she's giving out invites to vampires."
"But, darling," Irene Adler pouted. "I'm not just any vampire. I'm... well, me!"
"Exactly," Holmes replied. "And, you know what would happen if Watson finds you here."
Irene shook her head and replied, as if talking to a child, "The good doctor would do nothing to me, and you know it."
"Logically, he would. He's a vampire hunter, you're a vampire," Holmes pointed out, as he continued to search for something to be used as a weapon.
"Oh, posh. I'm not a mass murderer. I don't kill the masses and bathe in their blood. It would be all sticky."
"Why are you here, Irene?"
"To hire you, of course!" she replied, grinning widely, her pointed canines glinting in the firelight.
"I don't want any more cases that deal with you, my dear. The last one was quite enough."
"I didn't mean for you to end up unclothed the Thames, and you know it."
"Still, it happened."
Irene rolled her eyes. "What are you looking for?"
"If you must know, some sort of weapon." Holmes replied primly, decided to lean against a wall.
"As if anything you have in this room can really harm me."
"I can hope, my dear."
"You are too much," Irene replied, giggling.
The door suddenly burst open. "Damn it, Holmes! Must you entertain at this late hour. I'm trying to sleep!"
"It's the good Doctor!" Irene said happily, as she casually moved further into the room, away from the now open doorway.
"Adler!" Watson exclaimed. "Why are you here? Holmes, did you invite her in, again?"
"No, Watson, I did not," Holmes stated with a sigh. "Mrs. Hudson did."
"We'll need to have a chat with her," Watson muttered, not taking his eyes off of the female vampire in the room.
Irene peered out the curtain next to her. "As I told Sherlock, I've come to hire you."
"We want nothing to do with any caper of yours," Watson stiffly replied.
"But, you will for this one." Irene said knowingly, with a small smile on her lips.
"And, why is that?" Holmes asked, starting to get intrigued.
"Why, gentlemen, I want to hire you to capture and kill the vampire the papers are calling Jack the Ripper," Irene stated with a grin at the shocked looks on the two men's faces.
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I can just see this universe in my head. Holmes using deductive reasoning and science to solve cases, no matter if they are mudane or supernatural based.
And, I like the idea of Watson as a vampire hunter. But, not an indiscriminate vampire hunter. If the vampire in question isn't, as Irene said, "killing the masses and bathing in their blood", he's probably going to let them be.
Thanks to my friends on IM that helped me with the little bits of background lore that I couldn't quite remember.
And, thanks to Ithildyn for the help with the title.
"Must you wake me at this ungodly hour?" Sherlock Holmes was obviously not a morning person.
"I had to, darling. I'm off to my chambers to sleep soon. It's only a few hours until dawn, you know."
The feminine voice in his ear caused him to jerk awake and stumble away from the armchair he had been sleeping in. "Irene!"
"Sherlock!" the pale woman parroted back, smirking.
"How did you get in?"
"Your landlady invited me in earlier in the evening. Marvelous woman. Very tidy."
Holmes glared. "I think I'll have a talk with her, if she's giving out invites to vampires."
"But, darling," Irene Adler pouted. "I'm not just any vampire. I'm... well, me!"
"Exactly," Holmes replied. "And, you know what would happen if Watson finds you here."
Irene shook her head and replied, as if talking to a child, "The good doctor would do nothing to me, and you know it."
"Logically, he would. He's a vampire hunter, you're a vampire," Holmes pointed out, as he continued to search for something to be used as a weapon.
"Oh, posh. I'm not a mass murderer. I don't kill the masses and bathe in their blood. It would be all sticky."
"Why are you here, Irene?"
"To hire you, of course!" she replied, grinning widely, her pointed canines glinting in the firelight.
"I don't want any more cases that deal with you, my dear. The last one was quite enough."
"I didn't mean for you to end up unclothed the Thames, and you know it."
"Still, it happened."
Irene rolled her eyes. "What are you looking for?"
"If you must know, some sort of weapon." Holmes replied primly, decided to lean against a wall.
"As if anything you have in this room can really harm me."
"I can hope, my dear."
"You are too much," Irene replied, giggling.
The door suddenly burst open. "Damn it, Holmes! Must you entertain at this late hour. I'm trying to sleep!"
"It's the good Doctor!" Irene said happily, as she casually moved further into the room, away from the now open doorway.
"Adler!" Watson exclaimed. "Why are you here? Holmes, did you invite her in, again?"
"No, Watson, I did not," Holmes stated with a sigh. "Mrs. Hudson did."
"We'll need to have a chat with her," Watson muttered, not taking his eyes off of the female vampire in the room.
Irene peered out the curtain next to her. "As I told Sherlock, I've come to hire you."
"We want nothing to do with any caper of yours," Watson stiffly replied.
"But, you will for this one." Irene said knowingly, with a small smile on her lips.
"And, why is that?" Holmes asked, starting to get intrigued.
"Why, gentlemen, I want to hire you to capture and kill the vampire the papers are calling Jack the Ripper," Irene stated with a grin at the shocked looks on the two men's faces.
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I can just see this universe in my head. Holmes using deductive reasoning and science to solve cases, no matter if they are mudane or supernatural based.
And, I like the idea of Watson as a vampire hunter. But, not an indiscriminate vampire hunter. If the vampire in question isn't, as Irene said, "killing the masses and bathing in their blood", he's probably going to let them be.