Disclaimer: I do not own Sherlock . . . yet. *Laughs manically, while lightening strikes in the background.*
A/N: Dedicated to The Death Frisbee as a very late birthday gift!
The time after the fall to the day 'The Reichenbach Hero' is to be reunited with John, is quite simply immeasurable. The web of deceit and immorality must fall, oh yes - and Sherlock must be the one to erase it with the vacuum cleaner of justice.
He's the only one with the wits and skills capable of such a tremendous task anyway.
With the aid and unwillingly accepted guidance of Mycroft and his men, he will make the world safe for his friends again. This is a vow he can not afford to break. Though the King has fallen, the empire of the Spider's making stands in turmoil and chaos.
He wishes it could be different, that John were at his side, watching his back; but alas, there are many, many days yet to come - some good, some bad - before those wonderful memories can become a reality again.
So he will hunt down the wretched idiots who dared to cross him (either directly, or without knowing so). He will hunt down the swine who dared to rip him from his friends and family, and from his home.
Some might say that those odds are insurmountable for an ordinary man. But Sherlock Holmes is no ordinary man, and those odds are irrelevant.
After all, Sherlock has been on the hunt before.
A/N: Constructive criticism is welcome!