Sherlock Gnomes Movie Novelization by Mary Tillworth

Author:Mary Tillworth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Spotlight

Chapter 14

Sherlock rushed across the rooftops of Chinatown. He did not look back to see if the other gnomes were keeping up. Luckily, they were. After they had raced across the entire neighborhood, Sherlock came to a stop on a ledge.

The detective held a finger up in the air, calculating the wind. “Get ready with those suction cups,” he ordered. He attached the suction cups to his feet, and the other gnomes did the same. “On my mark,” he said.

“Wait, what are we doing?” asked Juliet.

Sherlock sighed in exasperation. He thought it had been obvious. “Jumping, of course.” He stepped off the roof.

Juliet gasped and ran to the ledge. Holding her breath, she looked down.

Sherlock was floating calmly down toward the street. He held the lantern over his head and was using it as a parachute.

Juliet closed her eyes. Then she took a deep breath and leaped.

“No!” Gnomeo couldn’t believe that Juliet had jumped. He turned to Watson, about to ask if there was another way down. But Sherlock’s partner was already on the ledge. Before Gnomeo could say a word, Watson was gone.

Gnomeo gritted his teeth. He double-checked his lantern to make sure there weren’t any rips in it. Then he held his breath and jumped off the ledge.

The gnomes sailed through the air, held up by their lantern parachutes. Frightened pigeons squawked and got out of their way. A few humans saw the gnomes, but figured it was just a few stray paper lanterns floating in the breeze.

Since he had taken so long to jump, Gnomeo was a few yards behind the others. He saw them land on top of a red double-decker bus. He yanked on his lantern and guided himself toward the bus.

But just before Gnomeo landed, the bus veered right and changed lanes. Gnomeo barely managed to catch the edge of the back of the bus as he landed.

“Suction cups down!” ordered Sherlock. He had landed at the front of the bus, while Gnomeo, Juliet, and Watson were toward the rear.

The gnomes stomped down on the suction cups, and stuck themselves to the bus. Once he was steady, Gnomeo turned to help Juliet. But she was already scooting her way up toward Sherlock, leaving him behind.

Juliet crouched down next to Sherlock. “The plane. Are we going to an airport or something?” she asked.

“Juliet!” Gnomeo called.

Juliet didn’t respond. She was too busy waiting for Sherlock’s answer.

Sherlock shook his head. “Moriarty’s clues are never quite that simple.”

Gnomeo watched Juliet talking to Sherlock. She was completely ignoring him. He got angrier and angrier. After all they had been through, he was losing her to some slick detective with a goofy hat!

Gnomeo was so mad, he lost track of the fact that he was whizzing at high speed on top of a bus. Suddenly, the bus turned a corner and his suction cups peeled off. He slid across the slippery metal roof, desperately trying to grab on to something. But there was nothing to grab.

Gnomeo skittered to the edge of the bus.

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