Howling could be heard as the wind blew across the windows. Leaves were leaving every branch bare on every street in London.
"Looks like there's a storm brewing out there" John Watson gestured looking out of the steamy window.
Bang! A door slammed shut downstairs. Loud heavy footsteps approached causing the stairs to creek from the pressure. Lestrade burst into the room followed by Mycroft.
"I didn't know that we did social visits Mycroft" Sherlock smirks. Mycroft scoffed at his younger brothers childlike manner, as Sherlock slummed down into his tattered armchair, that he refused to get repaired.
"Tea?" John asked "Mycroft?" he said as Mycroft clearly hadn't heard him, as he got no reply.
"Hmm... no thank you John" Mycroft said reaching into a brief case which had been placed onto the coffee table; he pulled out a brown paper file that was fit to burst and places that also onto the table. Sherlock glances down and then looks back to his brother.
"I'm not interested" Sherlock sighs in disbelief that Mycroft bothered to even to bring this to his light.
"What's in it?" John quires picking up the folder sounding slightly more interested than Sherlock.
"I wasn't asking Sherlock, it was an order" Mycroft says before pausing and turning to face John, "I suppose you've heard of the little group called P.O.P?"
"Yes" John answers before hearing a closely followed no from Sherlock as he shuffles to sit more upright in his chair.
"It's the Premium Objections to Parliament" John explains. Sherlock looked back and forth from face to face hoping to get a hint of what that meant.
"They've been causing some issues" Mycroft tries to explain discretely.
"What issues?" John asks.
"There was something in the paper this morning, I thought you had read it" Sherlock questions as he throws the newspaper at John. Catching it John reads out the front page headline story; "P.O.P threatens head of state"
"Which is why we need your help, Sherlock" Mycroft says.
"Why don't you get your not so seceret service to sort it?" Sherlock mocks.
"They're stuck" Mycroft admits unwillingly causing a smile to creep across Sherlock's face.
"Well?" Mycroft continues, ignoring the urge to hit Sherlock at that moment in time across his face.
"Well what?" Sherlock asks.
"Are you going to look into it?" Mycroft says rolling his eyes at Sherlock ignorance.
"Fine, I suppose I'll have to" Sherlock moans in defeat "Now leave me in peace if that's all you wanted." Mycroft gives Sherlock a stern look before leaving. Lestrade walks up and is about to hand Sherlock a different paper file when Sherlock points towards John. As Lestrade gives John the file he says "They're the files that you wanted Sherlock." However Sherlock clearly isn't paying any attention as he's just staring out of the window watching the world pass by.