A different Era

Chapter 2: Look who it is

It was him. The man whose sole goal was to turn this world into a better place. That man whom I've always thought as a cool and cunning person. That man with a handsome face with gold locks shadowing his intense scarlet eyes. Yep, you guessed it right. It was the William James Moriarty.....William......Oh. Crap. How exactly am I supposed to stay freaking calm before him again? Look he literally picks up even the smallest detail of a person and is able to tell their whole career from it! How in the name of Kami-sama can I be an exception? Oh god! I am done for!

As I was concerned about what what is going to happen now, I failed to notice William making his way from the door to next to the bed. He smiled politely at me as he seated himself on a chair which was lying nearby. I felt all giddy as I felt the those intense eyes burn onto me. I didn't dare to make an eye contact with him. I felt as if the moment our eyes would lock, he will find out every single damn thing about me. As if reading my mind, he politely said, "You can relax a bit miss. I would not do anything that might offend you."

I turned my head to look at him. He is saying those things when he practically nearly read my mind right now. Hah! What a joke! Like you can stop yourself from observing me. That's literally habit you can never get rid off.

"I see you are awake now. How do you feel? You can be honest."

"I am fine. I just feeling a bit grogginess."

And there I go. I messed things up. Did anyone even use the word groggy during this time period? In all the victorian era movies I have ever watched, the characters always speak so formally, as if the world will turn upside down if they don't speak like that for even a moment. Calm down Rosalin. Maybe they won't find it weird. After all those movies only focused on the life of the aristocrats. Who knows, groggy can be a slang. They might just think I am not from the upperclass. Mustering up courage I asked him something that was bugging me for a while.

"Um...can you tell me how long has it been since I arrived here?"

"Approximately 2 days."

My eyes widened. Two days! Shit! That's long! I was unconscious for that long! Wait, in the first place, how did I get here? Should I ask him that or not? Leave it! Let's just clear out my doubts for now.

"Ah...I see. Can you tell me how exactly I got here?"

"Ah! I was coming to that. We found unconscious by the bank of River Wear. You were drenched and had injured your head. We thought you might have got in some unfortunate incident."

My head was injured? I moved my hands feeling my head. For the first time after waking up here, I noticed my head was covered in bandages. That's great! I can use that as an excuse of things I don't wanna answer! But seriously, how did that manhole send me here? Haah..... I wish this was something I could just search up. Search.....WHERE'S MY PHONE? Oh, it's in my bag. Wait... WHERE'S MY BAG?!

It was just then I noticed that someone had changed me. I was now wearing a plain full sleeved nightgown instead of my casual college wear. Rosalin....HOW CAN YOU NOT NOTICE THIS BEFORE? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

William must have realised what was wrong for he said, "Please don't concern yourself. You were changed by one of our female acquaintance."

Who? Moneypenny? "Thanks.....uh...where's my bag?"

"Oh, it's safe. Fred, could you please fetch Miss Leona's bag?"''

At this Fred just nodded and walked out of the room. Wait......Miss Leona? Ho-how does he know my name? I slowly turned towards him just to find him smiling.

"How rude of me to not introduce myself. I am William James Moriarty. It's a pleasure to meet you Miss Rosalin Leona."

I was dumbstruck. He knows my name. But how? Taking a few deep breaths to calm myself, I responded, "Likewise, Mister Moriarty."

I was actually sweating buckets right then. I mean I know he is a genius and all but how does he know my name? I don't think you can find Someone's name by just observing them.

Silence fell upon us. It was kinda suffocating. I was brought back from my thoughtland when William cleared his throat. I turned towards him and he motioned to the tray on the bed, "The soup's getting cold."

He was right. That poor bowl of soup was just waiting there patiently, waiting to be eaten. Oh how can I forget about this delicious bowl of soup. I slowly brought the spoon to my mouth and savoured the taste of the soup. Who cooked this? Louis? No, why would he do that for a complete stranger.

As I was savouring the soup, William opened his mouth to say something, something that almost made me spit out soup in my mouth in surprise.

"Ah, pardon us but we searched your bag to get a clue of your identity. We are truly sorry for this discourteous act."

The- they searched my bag? Oh no! My-my bl stash! I had my bl stash in there!! My life as a closet fujoshi is over now!! But I guess that explains how he know my name. I had my College ID in there.

"It's okay. I guess it was unavoidable."

"Thank you for your understanding. But....there were some interesting objects in there."

Now what?

"Most intriguing of them all was some kind of thing black board made out of glass and metal."

Hmm? What's that? Oh shit wait! Is he talking about my phone and tab?! He didn't look through them did he? No way. They don't know how to operate it. And do they even have battery? It will be nice if they are dead.

" Haha, is that so?"

     As soon as I said that, Fred came in with my back and handed it to me. Well, atleast I have my bag back, but... I think I am in a bit of trouble. I glanced towards William who had a curious and suspicious look on his face. Huff... looks like I've a load of trouble to deal with in the next chapter... Wait, what?