Dancing with the Lord of Crime

A Hidden World pt 1

Shernette had led Irene and Watson to a cave outside of the reaches of London as she took out her old Holly wand and gave it a wave, making a shimmer appear at the entrance.

"Come on." Shernette said as she walked through.

Watson and Irene both looked nervous but went through any way.

Unknown to them five other men followed them, and got through the cave in time too.

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As Shernette and her group left the cave, Irene and Watson found themselves looking at a majestic mansion.

"Sherly!" A small voice piped up.

They turned to see a little girl with brown eyes and hair and wearing a pink dress.

"Hello Stella, are the others here too?" Shernette smiled.

"Uh-huh! Everyone's been waiting." Stella nodded.

"Good.................and Moriarty. I know you and your allies are there too. Why not come out so things will make sense." Shernette smirked as William  came out with the others as Irene and Watson were surprised.

"How long did you know?" William asked.

"Since you started following me and Irene earlier tonight." Shernette smiled.

"Huh. She is good." Moran said as they all walked.

Then they found themselves at a garden where there were children playing.

There was a girl...with a strange hat with bug blinds playing kickball...with a kid.....wait, are those clothes floating? Or........

Then a young man wearing blue clothing had strange iron shoes. Then another boy tied thick rope around his waist as he took them off....and he started to actually fly up to pick the apples!

Another young lady in overalls was carrying a lot of wood over her shoulder, with another lady with....six arms?!

Then one boy looked like he had giant bird wings and legs for arms and feet helping a brown haired boy with the veggies.

Two more girls were reading on a porch. One looked to have literal porcelain skin and marrionette arms, and the other had a clock face for one of her eyes as she was dressed in steampunk.

A young man had black rubber gloves walking and talking with another male carrying a camera and two figures wearing full face masks.

A lone girl was working on what was a morbid doll with a small fake skull for a head.

"I know what you are thinking, but yes this is all real." Shernette said as she walked into the garden.

"Hey, Sherly! You're back!" The kid from the vegetable garden smiled as he ran to hug her. Moriarty and the others then noticed there were actually leaves and vines growing from his ankles.

"Sherly. The others are in the living room inside. They've been waiting." The boy with the camera said.

"Alright." Shernette said, motioning the others to follow.

Moriarty and the others find themselves in a fancy living room as they spotted 4 figures there.

One was the Chinese man with Heterochromia the brothers encountered before.

Another was a woman with white hair and a red petticoat dress.

Another was a male of Indian descent from his exotic clothing.

The last figure was a male dressed like he came from a circus with a top hat like a ringmaster.

"Ah, finally. The Mistress of Death has made it." The Chinese male said.

"And you brought guests. Though you're 5 minutes late." The while haired woman said.

"A woman is never late. You all just arrived early." Shernette said.

Though possibly known to Shernette,  she knew William was looking at her with surprise as well as his entourage.

'Ha, so much for Lord of Crime.' She thought to herself.
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What do you think?

How did you picture William's reaction as well as the others?