I don't own BBC Sherlock or Harry Potter, just messing around while I have the chance.

Back from Alcon, and I really enjoyed myself.

Protection

Chapter Two

Sherlock got out of the cab, and John was left behind to pay once again. The older man rolled his eyes as he followed Sherlock towards the tape. Donovan was there, but she ignored the two of them as they ducked under the tape and walked over to Lestrade.

"Hey," Lestrade greeted the two of them as he gave a small smile.

"Lestrade," Sherlock greeted back with a nod. He then walked past him and over to the body that was lying on the pavement. It wasn't a busy area, but enough that a few people were milling around trying to see what was going on. John went and stood by Lestrade and watched.

"Good to see you John," he smiled to the man standing beside him.

"You as well Greg, pint later on tonight?" he asked, they usually met up for one every few days.

"Sure, how have things been since Sherlock came back. It's been four months now," he asked him, a little curious as he hadn't spoken much about it during their meet ups at the pub.

John gave a little blush, "Things are well. Wasn't in the beginning, but they are now," he said, trying to ignore the look that was on his friends face.

"Ah," Greg nodded slowly, a smirk on his face, "Going that well I take it."

"Shut up," he said defensively.

"Hey, I'm all for it, been saying since the start you two should just get together the UST was killing everyone around you," he grinned as he spoke quietly.

"Greg, please," John said with a shake of his head as Sherlock stood up and walked towards them.

Greg just grinned, but said nothing more as he looked to Sherlock, "So, anything yet?"

Sherlock nodded his head, "yes, the victim is like the others, but this one had time to get away. But for some reason he didn't he remained where he was and was stabbed. He didn't die straight away. It looks as though there was someone else here with him when he died," he told them as he looked to the crime scene once more.

"Someone might have witnessed this?" Greg asked the man.

Sherlock nodded his head, "Yes."

"The victim might have let himself be stabbed and killed to protect who ever it was that saw what was going on," John said as he looked to the scene, he couldn't imagine just standing there and letting himself be killed, he would have had to fight.

Sherlock perked up for a moment as he looked around. He saw an alley not far from the scene and walked over to it. He could hear a noise coming from the alley as he ducked under the tape and headed to the opening. John quickly followed him as well as Greg.

Out of the shadows came a large black dog, it growled at those that were there. John moved a little and pulled Sherlock back before he could enter the animals territory. He looked further into the alley and could see a shape of a person, a child further down. He looked to the canine and understood.

"Hey boy," he said as he knelt down and looked to the animal, his voice was calm and even, a friendly tone to it, "It's all right. I just want to go to your friend back there. They look a little hurt. Come on boy, it's all right," he said as he held his hand out a little, keeping it palm down and angled towards the pavement. The dog gave a small growl but moved towards John and sniffed his hand.

The canine walked away from them and went over the child that was near the back part of the alley. John followed as the child began to wake up. He watched as a messy head of black hair lifted up and he saw slightly broken glasses hiding green eyes. John put on a friendly smile, angry at the bruises that he could see.

"Hi," John said softly, making the child startle a little and grab the dog around his neck and hold him tightly, "it's all right. My names John, I'm a doctor and I work with the police as well," he smiled to him.

"Harry," was the childs reply.

"I can see that you're hurt, would it be all right for me to look you over?" John asked him softly.

Harry thought for a moment as he said, "I'm fine, just a little bruised.

"I can see it's more than that by the way that you are sitting," John told him, shaking his head a little, "I know how to spot injuries Harry, I trained hard to do so."

Harry ducked his head and then nodded his head a little. John went over to him and knelt down, "I'm really fine," Harry insisted once more.

"No you're not," Sherlock said as he walked forwards a little, "What did you see last night?" he then blurted out as he looked to the child.

Harry tensed as John turned to him and said, "Sherlock, not now."

"But I need to know John, we have a killer to find, he has already killed four people," he said as he looked to his friend who was checking the young teen over.

Harry looked up at that as he looked to the man, "Four?"

Sherlock looked to the child and nodded his head, "Yes, four with the man over there."

"Gary, his name was Gary," Harry said softly, looking down to the floor, "He protected me, he kept me safe when the man was there, he kept his attention on him," he said miserably as tears began to form.

John turned to Greg and said, "Can you call an ambulance, I think he needs to be seen to properly, I think he only has bruised ribs and a few others bad bruising, but I think X-rays are needed to make sure," he then turned back to Harry.

"No, I don't need to," Harry said with a frantic shake of his head.

John smiled to him, "it'll be all right, I'll come with you."

Harry nodded and then looked to his dog, "What about Snuffles?"

Sherlock looked to the animal and could see an intelligence there that he had never seen in dogs before, "he will be fine, if he comes to where I live I will make sure that my landlady will leave a little food out for him when he comes."

Harry smiled and nodded, "you hear that, find where he lives," Snuffles woofed and went over to Sherlock and sniffed him, getting the mans scent, "Where do you live sir?" he then asked the man.

"Baker Street," was the simple answer as he asked the child, "When you have been seen to can you tell us all that you know of what happened?"

Harry nodded his head, "yes Sir."

The ambulance came and Sherlock and John went with him. It was almost two hours later when John and Sherlock were with Harry in his room. Sherlock had organised a private room for the young child, thinking it might be easier for them to talk with him without other listening in. John walked out of the room for a moment to talk with one of the doctors that was treating Harry, he wanted to know what condition he was in.

"Hey Tony," John greeted the man.

"John," he said with a sigh, "That kid has been starved, he dehydrated as well. We have him on a drip as you have seen. He has bruised ribs, sprained wrist. His knee on his right side has been bruised badly, so it'll hurt him to walk for a while. Poor kid, being in here on his birthday as well," he said with a shake of his head.

"Damn," John said with a sigh as he looked to the door for Harry's room, "What about family and that?"

"He wont say anything, he isn't even telling us his last name. We're having social services come in to talk with him later, but he will be in here for at least another day or two," he told him, "We only just about got his D.O.B out of him, as soon as he realised why we were asking all the questions he stopped answering."

John nodded his head and said, "All right. I'm going back in and making sure that Sherlock doesn't upset him while he tells us what he knows."

"Good idea with that one," Tony joked a little as he then left.

John walked into the room and was relieved to see that Harry was talking to Sherlock, and Sherlock was behaving himself. An hour later Sherlock and John had all they needed to try and track the man down, the police would be there doing the same soon. John was tempted to remain with Harry, but knew he would need to keep an eye on Sherlock. They said goodbye and left the teen alone to rest. Harry settled down, tired from all that had happened. He hadn't slept well in the alley waking up scared out of his mind in case the killer or his uncle had found him. Soon he was asleep, feeling a little safer now he was somewhere safe.

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