Game For Two

Chapter 1

*knock knock*

I heard someone knocking on the door. I got up of my armchair I was sitting on and nearly fell back. Think I slept here last night, my neck hurts. Slowly I tiptoed carefully across the wooden floor with my bare feet, trying to make no noise. Why I didn't know, I just had a strange feeling of paranoia, so I tryied to be as inconspicuous as possible. There were only a few steps to reach the door when the someone knocked at it again.

*knock knock*

Now I was standing right in front of the door and I streched out my arm to grab the door handle.

*KNOCK KNOCK*

It terrified me a bit, this time it sounded loud and angry and I doubted to open the door. Should I really take that risk? It could be anyone or anything...
I was standing there for a while but I finally chose to do it.
My hand was shaking a little, cold sweat was running down of my forehead. Now or never, just do it!
I pressed down the handle and with one strong pull the door leaped open and I was blend by a bright light burning my face. When I could see again, there was no one at the door. But who was knocking? What was knocking? I wanted to find out. I looked around, but I felt not good. The colours were blurred, my head was pounding, I was about to black out when I heard a voice. I couldn't understand what it said and I never heard that voice before. It sounded like a man and it was very deep. Somehow it was calming me down a bit, I liked it. I tried to listen, but the ground I was standing on seemed to move and I fell down, hit the floor and got unconscious.

With heavy breathing I woke up. Oh thank god, it was just a dream. But who's voice was that?
I got up, out of my bed and opened the curtains. It was a rainy day in London, dark and sad. I turned around and looked across my bedroom, then went to the living room. I lived alone for years, I don't remember for how long exactly, but now I'm 27 years old and I left my parents early, I never liked them. They didn't understand me, no one ever does, they always called me smart aleck when I opened my mouth. I wasn't good at social life at all, I just had a few friends, one of them was Greg Lestrade, I know him since I moved to London. First we met when I was singing on the streets for money, that is the only job I was doing, it was enough to live with. Local residents have complained about the "noise" I made, so he came to me and wanted to tell me to stop singing and leave this place, but he was entchanted of my lovely voice, he couldn't say a word, he just listened. After a few songs I went towards him.

"Is everything okay, Detective Inspector?", I asked him.

" Yes, I j-just... um... you are a very good singer, but um... local residents have complained about you. I'm afraid you have to stop singing here. I'm sorry, I really am."

"Fine. I'll try it somewhere else."

"Wait, maybe I can help you."

"Um... okay, but how?"

"I know a guy, he owns a restaurant and he is looking for some live entertainment."

"That would be great. But why do you want to help me?"

"You've got a talent and I want you to show it, it would be a shame if nobody noticed you."

That was the beginning of my carrier as a singer in London. I rose up to one of the most popular live entertainment singer. They called me "Emerald" because of my emerald-green eyes, that were shining bright whenever I sung. My friends just called me Em and soon I called myself that too. Everybody was faszinated by me and my voice. But soon there where some newcomers and I slid down to the common singers.

So here we are, some lonely girl singing in London. Great.

Today I had nothing to do. Nobody booked me and I was bored. Really bored. I hated beeing bored, that's so... boring...

Maybe I could meet up with Greg, it is Saturday, he didn't have to work today.

Hey, want to hang out? Bored...

Em

I quickly got an answer.

Sorry, have to work, complicated case

GL

Work? At Saturday?

Em

Evil never rests

GL

Now I was frustraded. I needed something to do. I'll go for a walk, maybe I will find something interesting... hopefully...