Shallows Creek: Requiem Of The Guilty

Find Lockheart

Ohlmes and Inspector Young are now at full spirt running down the stairs of the manor, Ohlmes in the lead with the Inspector hot on his heels continue. Ohlmes now worried about Lockheart that gunshot was close to the manor he can't be far! He thinks to himself as he runs to the manor's front door. He can hear the Inspector's loud foot steps like off beat war drums behind him. The door is in sight now the nervous butler standing there. Ohlmes shouts out to the butler.

"Open the door now!" the butler startled to see the two of them barreling towards him like a pack of charging boars does not bother them with any questions and quickly begins to open the door. He only manages to open it part way before Ohlmes makes it to the door. The nimble Ohlmes steps around and fits his thin frame through the door with ease without losing any of his momentum passing by the stunned butler his mouth a gap with the grace of the young constable, He really should have been paying attention because soon after Ohlmes made his way through the door the bulky Young was close behind him with the door only part of the way open there was no possible way he would make it through.

"Too late to stop coming through!" He shouts as he lowers his shoulder in for a charge at the door and the now terrified butler who can not possibly get out of the way. Young's shoulder was the first part of his body to make contact with the door, the sound of the impact and splintering wood could be heard by Ohlmes he doubles back to see the door, the butler, and Young make a tumble down the entry steps to the manor. The butlers face is in pure terror as he tumbles down the steps, the door and Young following suit. With a crash and a thud they come to a stop at the bottom of the steps.

"Sir you alright?" Ohlmes calls out to Young.

"Yes yes I am fine do you see that damn fool Lockheart anywhere!" He shouts back.

With all the commotion the Inspectors tumble made the crowd outside the manor is quiet staring at the remains of a shattered door and now petrified butler laying face up frozen solid with a look of terror on his face. All but to are staring at this scene a young women and a constable are conversing amidst all this.

"If your right leg was Christmas and your left leg was Easter, would you let me come eat to eat between the holidays?" The young constable Bryant says to the pretty lady with a grin from ear to ear The lady blushes at this. 

"Oh stop constable you are too much!" She says giggling with a small smile on her face.

"I am what I am, so why don't we get out of here I know a great spot."

He tells the young lady with a big grin still plastered across his face. Inspector Young seeing this calmly picks himself up off the ground and marches right behind Bryant who is unaware of his impending doom. Young now standing directly behind the unsuspecting constable the lady is first to see him her face immediately drops from a smile to fear, Bryant noticing this and now feeling the terrible presence behind him slowly turns to see Young standing a breath away with a face of seething rage that would make babies weep at the sight of it.

Seeing this Bryant goes to make his escape but it is far to late for that he is just a hare trapped in the lions den now, the meaty hand of Young's is already clasped firmly on the constables neck.

"Bryant, have you been here traipsing around with harlots while on the job again!" Young shouts while still clasping Bryant's neck the young constables face turning purple from lack of air.

"Inspector we do not have time for this we must find Lockheart!" Ohlmes shout while franticly searching the crowd.

"I will deal with you later!" He grumbles as he drops the now gasping Bryant to the hard stone road.

"Let's go we have a man to find, Bryant you are with Ohlmes and I the rest of you men stay here and watch the crowds if you see Lockheart hold him here till I return." The Inspector shouts to his men who are all standing at attention and nod their heads in unison at the Inspectors orders.

Young, Ohlmes , and Bryant leave the scene in front of the manor and begin searching down the alleyways. Bryant pulling on his collar, finally able to catch his breath after Youngs assault begins to speak.

"I can't see a bloody thing in this alley, what would Lockheart be doing here." He moans to the others.

He is correct tho the alley is dark and dingy the smell of refuse, and garbage is overpowering.

"Shut it maybe if you could keep your mind on the job instead of women we wouldn't have to search for him." Young snaps at Bryant. Ohlmes ignoring the two turns his head back he can see the window to the study straight behind him the ally runs directly underneath the window.

"Look see there!" Ohlmes points behind him for the others to look. Young and Bryant turn there heads then look back at Ohlmes with confused looks on their faces.

"What it's just a window Ohlmes?" Young replies still quite befuddled by Ohlmes remark.

"No it's the widow to the study, Lockheart must have noticed this alley runs directly under the study window."

"I bet he came down here to search for clues, the killer may have used this alley as an escape." Ohlmes explains to the two.

Youngs face brightens up at this realization.

"Well done you are a sharp one aren't you Ohlmes, Lets follow it through." Young states with confidence almost as if it were his idea. The three continue down the alley with barely any light to guide them, staying close to one another as not to get separated they begin to hear voices and smell burning garbage. Then they hear the pained screams of Lockheart.

"No!" Shouts Ohlmes as he rushes forward to the light of the flame illuminating a cut off in the alley.