Change of hearts 10

Change of hearts 10

Sherlock's POV
We reached the docks a few seconds before Lestrade and his men did. "Over there."Allie said and nudged her head in the direction of a man who was walking along side a boy that matched Adam Tate's discription. "That's them."I concluded but then the sound of sirens behind us flared up what made the kidnapper glance over his shoulder. At the sight of the policecars, he picked Adam up and sprinted away.
"Care for a chase?"I asked my partners who both nodded. I knew Allie had a good condition being that she jogged from time to time, but still her speed suprised me. And it also suprised the kidnapper. When he saw the three of us were coming closer he knew he had to speed up. And if he wanted to do so, he had to lose dead weight that slowed him down. In horror everyone watched how he simply tossed the small boy into the cold water of the Thames.
This putted me on a crossroad with two possible decissions to chose from. One, chasing the kidnapper with the risk that Adam drowns. Two, save Adam and let the kidnapper slip through my fingers. Luckelly Allie made the deciding a lot simpeler. "You guys go after him!"she told John and me. "I'll get Adam!".  "You sure?"John asked the girl who already tossed aside the sweather she was wearing along with her shoes. Then a splash followed, indicating the answer on John's question was 'yes'.
With Allie in the water, John and I chased after the suspect until he ran into a wall what blocked his way. "Give it up."I spoke. "There's no way you can go.". My words got the support of John's gun that was pointed at the kidnapper in case he also had a weapon. The man slowly turned around and raised his arms in the air, surrendering.

Allie's POV
The icecold water knocked the air out of my lungs who I tried to fill again with oxygen the moment I resurfaced. A few meters ahead of me was Adam trying his best to keep his head above the water. He was panicing what meant that he wouldn't keep that up for much longer.
Swimming as fast as I could, I managed to get a hold on the boy. He clung at me in fear, crying salty tears who got mixed with the filty water of the Thames. "It's okay."I told him. "Your safe. Your safe.". Shifting Adam so that he was positioned on my back, I started to swim back to the edge where some agents were waiting to fish us up.

Sherlock's POV
"It was the babysitter?"Lestrade asked in utter shock when the kidnapper got arrested. "Obviously."I answered. "But… Why?"the DI wanted to know. "Adam isn't the real son of the Tates. He got adopted. His real mother gave him up after birth and told his real father that the baby was born dead. Then one day he sees Adam playing in the park with his new family and seeing the resemblance, he concluded that his former girlfriend lied to him and that the baby wasn't dead. So he posed as the new babysitter to be sure and when he was, he kidnapped Adam in an attempt of getting his son back."I explained.  
As I did this, John, Lestrade and I reached the beginning of the docks where along the policecars two ambulances were standing. In the first one was Adam, wrapped in a foil blanket and ready to be taken to the hospital. The other held Allie who also had a foil blanket wrapped around her shoulders. The water was still dripping from her hair and clothes and as we came closer I noticed she was shivering but still tried to convince the doctor that she didn't need the medical assistence of a hospital.
"She's right."I quickly jumped in the discussion. "We have a doctor of our own, so sending her to the hospital would be useless.". The doctor finally gave in and left to check on Adam again. "Nice work."Lestrade told Allie with a smile. "It's been a while since I saw someone swim that fast.". "Used to be in the swimteam before I got homeschooled."Allie replied still shivering. On instinct I pulled out my coat and offered it to the soaking wet girl. "Thanks."she said and gratefully slipped into the warm fabric.
"Let's go home so you can warm up."I suggested. "Lestrade, I'm sure you'll be so kind to give us a ride to Bakerstreet since I doubt that any cabdriver would let us into their car with Allie dripping water all around.". "Sure."the DI sighed as he helped Allie up and guided her towards his car.
John smiled a knowing smile at me when the two of us followed a few meters behind them. "What?"I asked. "You gave her your coat."he stated. "Of course I did."I answered. "She was freezing and everyone knows that a frozen person can't tag along on interesting cases.". John rolled his eyes at my onemotional explanation. "You never gonna say it, do you?"he asked. "Say what?"I replied, though I knew he was refering to the fact that I did care about Allie.
My partner shook his head and muttered: "Never mind. Still... Offering your coat to Allie was very nice of you Sherlock.". "Thank you John."I answered with a smile before we reached Lestrade's car who drove us home.