'Doctor Watson, look after him'
Mycroft turned and looked at the army doctor and for the first time in the years that he had known him he saw, not the blank void in those eyes of his but guilt, and for the first time john could see the love that Mycroft had for his little brother and Mycroft could see in Sherlock not this young man with a unseen future but a little boy that used to bounce up and down wanting to play pirates with him.
John just nodded his head as he was just talking to the officers back in the good olds day of the army and was about the leave the plane when both he and Mycroft heard three shots and then a thud with a f emale voice shouting ' SHERLOCK' and then the sound of struggling and a loud thump.
John and Mycroft were just in time to see Mycroft bodyguards wrestle somebody to the ground and also see Sherlock lying there on the ground pale and completely still with Mary standing there in shock and standing just as still.
It took a few seconds for Mycroft to register what was going on when he suddenly went running up to Sherlock and scooping him up into his arms.
' What happened' Mycroft asked, maybe a little bit more harshly then he should off and John scolding him as he stood there with his wife as he made sure she was ok, as well as the baby.
' IT all happened so fast, we were just standing there and then out of no-were a black pulled up and that man came out- Sherlock went in front of me as the man fired' Mary stuttered. ' me and many others owe this man our life'
Mycroft looked at his little brother and Sherlock looked up at him, eyes all glossy.
'What did you do that for, Sherlock' Mycroft said to him, with tears running down his face- he hadn't done that in a long time
'tears brother, your slipping' Sherlock's joke was stopped with him crying out in pain- ' I am scared My, so scared'
Mycroft could see the pain in his brother's eyes and it made him so angry knowing he couldn't do anything about it, and it also pained him to know that he was slipping away.
'It, will be ok, Sher, it will be ok' Mycroft could see that Sherlock was fading and fading fast
Don't lie to me, I know when you lie, I just wanted you to know that you are the best brother, and I am sorry'
'SHH, its ok, Sherlock, look at me, after you were born, I was the first person you saw after mummy and daddy, and I will be the person that will stay with you until the end'
By now Sherlock was so weak that he could only just about look up at his brother and Mycroft could only watch as his little brother went limp in his arms and the light in his eyes faded away.
Mycroft didn't know how long it was till he moved from Sherlock or if he was pulled away from him- all he knew was one thing…..
'all lives end, all hearts are broken- caring is not an advantage…. Sherlock'
Now he knew what that message for all those years ago'