The Manic Maid
622 Words
"Well sir I did not wish to disturb the crime scene so I only did a once around the room and found our witness under the victims desk." Ohlmes now pointing to the large hardwood desk at the back of the study.
"Very good so where is our witness now, the Inspector told me she was uncooperative?" Lockheart scanning the room for the witness.
"Under the desk." Ohlmes still pointing at the desk with a blank expression.
"What why is she still under the desk?" Lockheart replies to Ohlmes with surprise in his voice.
"Get her out of there this instant!" Lockheart now growing irritated with lack of sense these constables have.
"She refuses to come out but you are then welcomed to try." Ohlmes says with a smirk on his face.
Lockheart raising his eyebrow at this walks to the desk circling around it to see a young women dressed as a maid curled up into the fetal position.
"Miss will you come out of there I have some question's that I would like for you to answer." Lockheart asks the young maid but receives no reply. Stumped and with poor social skills he is at a lost with no idea on how to handle this situation. As Lockheart goes to turn to Ohlmes and ask him what is going on the young maid stiffens up, she is now staring Lockheart dead into his eyes her eye's wild and manic.
"Are you a spirit as well leave me be!" she howls and kicks at Lockheart tears streaming down her face.
She begins to kick at Lockheart and lands a solid blow to his chest sending him reeling backwards and having him land flat on his rear Lockheart now gasping for air looks to Ohlmes. Ohlmes rushes to his side putting his arms under the now gasping Lockheart the maid crawling towards him clawing at them like a feral beast protecting its lair. Ohlmes now holding Lockheart gives a mighty pull yanking them both out of the range of the hysterical maid.
The maid retreats back into the dark comfort of the desk now muttering to herself about ghosts coming from beyond the grave for vengeance.
Lockheart still in the arms of Ohlmes breaths a sigh of relief before pulling away and standing up they both walk away from the desk. Lockheart looking to Ohlmes for some answers of what just transpired.
"She set you flat on your rear there huh sir?"
Ohlmes chuckles at Lockheart who is still holding his chest.
"She's mad, The crazed women is traumatized beyond repair you could have warned me!"
Lockheart shouts not finding this as amusing as Ohlmes seems to.
"My deepest apologies, but after all I have heard about you I had just assumed you could handle a small maid." Ohlmes trying to hide a smirk from the aggravated Lockheart.
Lockheart now having regained his composure begins to question Ohlmes hoping he was more successful in obtaining information from the witness.
Ohlmes proceeds to inform Lockheart how he sat near the desk and listened to the maids ramblings.
"It seems she believes that a spirit slayed the victim out of revenge." Ohlmes pauses for a moment then begins to speak again.
"I was not able to get her to elaborate on it any further, but I did hear in her manic mumblings a name Maggie."
"Great work I think that's all we will be able to pry from her."
Lockheart impressed by Ohlmes way of gathering information giving him a nod of approval.
"Can you find any documents of visitors and persons with the name Maggie while I do a search of this room?" Lockheart asks Ohlmes.
With a nod of his head agrees, Ohlmes begins to search around the study and the desk while avoiding the manic maid under the desk.
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