Writer's Competition - Entry No 6

[Juan Aneiros]

By Thomas J. Maloney

It all began on one stormy night in London and Christopher Lee went to his favorite resturant to have his favorite dinner so he took a taxi over to his favorite resturant , and went through the door when he got there and he got seated by one of the waiters at the resturant and the waiter handed him a menu and with one look at the menu and he ordered his favorite dinner , and the waiter wrote down what he ordered and tahe waiter said it was going to take a few minutes to have the dinner he ordered so I said " That would be Fine " and the waiter went in the Kitchen to let the chef know what he wanted for his dinner of Potatoes, medium rare Steak and some pea soup , and then all of a sudden a tall , slim , man came through the door , he was wearing his deerstalkers cap and his cape and he had a crow like nose , and Christopher Lee looked at him thinking that he looks familiar to him , and then again he should because he played him 3 times once in 1962 then in 1990 and in 1991, and then another waiter came to sit him down but he said " I'm with this gentleman " pointing toChristopher Lee , and he walked in to Christopher Lee's favortie booth and he looked at the empty seat and said to me " Is this side of the booth taken ?" , and I said to Sherlock Holmes " No, it's not taken you can sit there if you want " , and he said to me " Thank you , I don't mind if I do " and then the waiter came back he said to me " Is the man bothering you sir ?" and I said " No , he's not bothering me at all, he can stay and have dinner if he wants too . " and SHerlock Holmes said to thew waiter " Well , I'm not that hungry so I'll just have the pea soup thanks " and the waiter wrote it down on his pad and went to the kitchen to give the Chef his order , and the waiter came back with there pea soup first and they were eating it when Sherlock holmes said " Can I ask you something Mr. ?" and I said " Oh, I'm sorry I'm Christopher Lee , and you are ? " and Sherlock Holmes said " I'm Sherlock Holmes , I was meant to ask you if you like to help me rescue Dr . Watson for me ? " and I said " Wait a minute you want me to help ther famous Detective Sherlock Holmes himself ? " and Sherlock Holmes said to me " Yes , and why not with your height and weight you could easily be my doppelganger, Mr. Lee ", and I said " Alright , it willbe an honor to be your doppelganger, Mr. Holmes , if you put it that way " and Sherlock Holmes said to me "Yes , it is the only way I know how to save Dr. Watson atleast would be for you to be my doppelganger Mr.Lee , unless you have a plan to get Dr. Watson out of that cottage or whereever the kidnapper took him too really " , and I said to Sherlock Holmes '' I , might have a plan to save Dr. Watson , Mr. Holmes " and Christopher Lee thought about it and then a plan started to emerge within him when he looked at Sherlock Holmes deerstalker cap and his cape because he thought that , that's what a doppelganger should wear to pull off a plan ,that he was thinking of atleast , and Sherlock Holmes said to me " Whydon't you come to my hotel room with me and figure it out ovder there after we eat our dinner ", and I said to Sherlock Holmes " Sure , I would be honored to go to your hotel to discuss my plan with you Mr. Holmes ", and when they got done with they're dinner , they paid the bill , and went to Sherlock Holmes 's hotel amd they went though the lobby and they went to Sherlock Holmes 's hotel room and Sherlock Holmes said to me " Well we have to go to the spot where Dr. Watson was last and find the trail to where the kidnapper was last and that's where Dr. Watson is ", and I said to Sherlock Holmes " And when we find the spot where the kidnapper is I'll dress in your clothes and like you said I will be your doppelganger in them ofcourse , and there's also some parts of the plan I can't tell you now but I will tell you later I promise , there 's something I have to do but I will meet you over there where they first discovered Dr. Watson ok " , and so Christopher Lee went out of Sherlock Holmes 's hotel room and went through the lobby and took a taxi over to the police station and went into the police station and he spoke with the chief of police and told him the other part of his plan that he didn't tell Sherlock Holmes about , and the police chief said " What are we going to do about the kidnapper Mr. Lee ? " , and I said to him " He wants money for Dr. Watson's life right ? " and the police chief said to me " Yes , he does Mr. Lee what do you have in mind ? ", and I said " Well, why don't we just give him the bag of money but we'll put a bug in the bag say at the bottom part of the bag, and put it on the right in the inside part of the bottom of the bag and will stitch it up and put the money over the stitched seem so in that way the kidnapper does not know that the bag is bugged only we would know that we bugged the bag , well what do you think about that huh? " and the police chief said to me " I think that , that's the most clever plan you ever thought up , Mr. Lee ", and I said " Thanks for saying so , I hope Mr. Holmes will think the same way " and the police chief said to me " Ok , then I'll put it together and I'll call you on your cell phone to let you know when it's ready " and I said " Ok , thankyou ", and the police chief said to me " Your welcome , Mr. Lee ". and Christopher Lee went out of the police station and took a taxi to the spot where someone had seen the last of Dr. Watson and he saw Sherlock Holmes there , and all they saw was Dr. Watson's hat and revolver gun that he carried , and they found the trail that led to the cottage and they followed it and hid behind some trees and they saw Dr. Watson though the window of the cottage , then they took the taxi back to Sherlock Holmes hotel room so they went through the lobby and got the key to go into his room and Christopher Lee changed and put on an exrta pair of Sherlock Holmes 's clothes that where hanging in the closet , and he also got the call on his cell phone and I said to the police chief that was on the other end of the phone " Yes , it's ready okey , then I'll come by and pick it up ,when i'm through here okey , and the police that the bag of money was ready for pick up so I said to Sherlock Holmes " I got something to pick up, and I'll be right t back '' , and Sherlock holmes said to me " Ok, Mr. Lee meet me at the cottage by the trees because that's were I'm going to be by the time you get back anyway " , and I said to Sherlock Holmes " Okey , I'll see you over there at the cottage then Mr. Holmes " , and so Christopher Lee went and took a taxi over to the police station and went through the door of the Police station and went uo to the front desk , and told the policeman that was at the front desk " I got a cell phone call saying that the bag of money is ready " , and the policeman said to me " Ok, I'll phone the guy in the back to bring it up to you " , and I said " Thankyou " , and the policeman phoned the guy that was in the back saying " Mr. Lee is here to pick up the moneybag ", and the guy said " Okey , tell Mr. Lee that I'll be there in 10 minutes with the moneybag then ", and the policeman at the front desk said to me " Just wait over there and the guy will be over here in 10 minutes with the moneybag " and I said to the policeman at the front desk " Thankyou " and I waited by the front door for the guy from the back to show up and he did in 10 minutes like he told the policeman said it would and he gave me the moneybag and I left the police station , and got into a taxi and went to the cottage where Sherlock Holmes is by the tree and waited when Sherlock Holmes saw me at the tree and so he went to the door of the cottage and knocked on the door and the Kidnapper opened the door and he said to Sherlock Holmes " Did you get my money ? " and Sherlock Holmes said to the kidnapper " Yes , I got the money right here , but how do I know , if I give you the money that you will not let Dr. Watson go ?", and the kidnapper said to Sherlock Holmes " You will just have to trust me " and Sherlock Holmes said to the Kidnapper " But the thing is that I don't trust you farther than I can throw you , let me see Dr. Watson first then I will give you the money ok ", and the Kidnapper said to Sherlock Holmes " Okey , here's your Dr. Watson " and Dr. Watson came to the front door , and Sherlock Holmes said to Dr. Watson " Are you hurt , watson " and Dr. Watson said to Sherlock Holmes back " No , I'm fine he hasn't hurt me at all ", and the Kidnapper said " And now give me the money , Mr. Holmes " , and so Sherlock Holmes gave him the money and the Kidnapper did let him go as soon as Sherlock Holmes gave him the money , and he led Dr. Watson to the Taxi and then the Kidnapper found out that the money was fake money and I knew that the Kidnapper was going to go after Sherlock Holmes so I was getting ready to put the rest of my plan into an effct when the Kidnapper was running after Sherlock Holmes and then I let Sherlock Holmes run by me then I stepped forward between the Kidnapper and Sherlock Holmes and the Kidnapper said to me as sherlock Holmes " Give me the real money or You'll be dead , Mr. Holmes " and then I did give him the money and said to the kidnapper " Now you got the real money , now leave Dr. Watson alone " and the Kidnapper went into his cottage with the moneybag , and then the police came without warning and captured him and I sighed with relief that they captured him , and put him in the police car and I went into the taxi that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson is in , and Sherlock Holmes told me " Thankyou Mr. Lee for saving Dr. Watson and I must say that was a very clever plan , " and Dr. Watson also said to me " I agree with Holmes here that it was a very clever plan , but how did you do it ? " and I said to them " I suggested to the police to put a bug in the moneybag and to put in the bottom of the bag where the Kidnapper wouldn't know where it is , only we would know where it is and without warning we captured him ," and Sherlock Holmes said " Was that part of your plan that you couldn't tell me ? " and I said " Yes , it was sorry , because I didn't want it to leak out if you know what I mean , Mr. Holmes " and Sherlock Holmes Said " I think I know what you mean , but anyway I do thankyou for saving Dr. Watson " , and I said to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson " It's very nice of you to say so , Mr. Holmes and dr. watson , and it was an honor to be your Doppelganger too ." and Dr. Watson said to Sherlock Holmes " Doppelganger ? , what does that mean ? " and Sherlock Holmes said to Dr. Watson " A doppelganger , is when a person who looks like you , and acts like you and who is your exact height and weight doubles as you , that's what they call a doppelganger , Watson " , and Dr. Watson said " Oh , that's what a doppelganger is huh " , and Sherlock Holmes said to Dr. Waston " Yeah , Mr. Lee here is a doppelganger alright " , and I said " Thankyou , that's very kind of you to say so , and it was an honor tobe your doppelganger for once " , and Sherlock Holmes said to me " Your welcome , Mr. Lee , so what are you goning to do now ? ", and I said to Sherlock Holmes " Well, I was thinking I might want to take a day off before doing a film , and yourselves ? " and Sherlock Holmes said We are going to the hotel and try they're champagne and it will be a real treat if you could come too Mr. Lee", and I said to sherlock Holmes " Ok, I'll come over and have one glass , but I warn you that I heard that the bubbles tickle your nose " , and Sherlock Holmes said to me " Take us to the Connught Hotel driver " and the Taxi went to the hotel and they walked into the lobby and they went into Sherlock Holmes hotel room , and they put the champagne and Sherlock Holmes said to us with our champagne glasses raised " Here's to Mr. Lee , who have saved Dr.Watson with such a very clever plan and I'm always will be in his debt , because I love Dr. Watson as a brother even though sometimes I don't admit it , to Mr. Lee", and they both said " Here , Here " , and I said to them " Thankyou, Mr. Holmes , I will Treasure It always " and we drank the champagne that was in our glasses and then I told them " Well , It's late and I'm tired so I'll leave you to talk to each other so good bye , " and they said goodbye back to me , so I left his hotel room and went to the lobby and got my hotel room key that was in the same Hotel so I went into my hotel room and took a nap on the couch , that was in my hotel room and when it was the next day that I found that I slept on the couch in my hotel room all night and I got up off the couch and i went to the lobby to see if Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson was still in they're hotel room and haven't left they're hotel room yet , and the person at the desk said " If your looking for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson they left earlier this morning , but they left you a note Mr. Lee ," and I said " Thankyou , and when did they leave " , and the person by the desk said " they left at 6:00 this morning , Mr. Lee " and I said " Thankyou , for the information " and I walked by the window and looked out the window and then I looked at the note that says ,

Dear Mr. Lee ,

I would like to thankyou again from the bottom of my Heart for saving Dr. Watson for me and also for you being my Doppelganger , and I thank you for that too .

Best Regards ,

Sherlock Holmes

and I looked out of the window and I smiled a your welcome type smile to Sherlock Holmes where ever he is , and not forgetting Mr. Sherlock Holmes forever .