Anna showed up a few days later. Mrs. Hudson answered the door again. This time, she did not have her dog with her. She was bundled up tightly against the cold. Mrs. Hudson ushered her in. There was shouting upstairs. It sounded as if Sherlock and John were having a row. Something about the solar system, Anna thought. She remembered reading on John's blog that Sherlock didn't know the Earth went around the sun.
John burst through the flat door and rushed down the stairs before disappearing around the corner. Mrs. Hudson chuckled a bit and led Anna up the stairs.
"Have you two had a bit of a domestic?" She asked. Anna stifled a laugh. Sherlock lay on the couch pouting. He jumped up, walked over the coffee table and looked out the window. Anna thought him a strange man, but she wanted to get inside his head so badly. She wanted to know what made him tick. He hadn't even noticed the stranger in his house. He just gazed out the window, complaining about the peace. Anna chuckled.
"Oh don't worry that will be fixed soon," she muttered almost darkly. Sherlock turned and studied her.
"Who /are/ you?" He asked, obviously frustrated she wouldn't tell him.
"I'm nobody."
"What do you mean it will all be fixed soon? What will be fixed?"
"The peace. Don't ask me how I know, but I do. And trust me when I saw you will need my help."
"I don't need anyone's help."
"Sherlock listen to me." Anna got very stern. Her playful eyes turned dark. "Things are going to happen. Terrible things. I have no doubt you can solve it all yourself, but it will be much faster if I help you," she had walked closer towards him as she talked and was now standing just under his nose. He looked down at her. She seemed very determined to weasel her way into his work, and he was determined to keep her out. He didn't like her. She made him feel.../strange/. He couldn't think straight was she was around. It was as if something about her blocked part of his mind, and he couldn't figure out why.
"What kinds of things?" He questioned. And just at that moment, a huge explosion broke through the windows and threw the two of them off their feet.