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Before Sherlock knew it he was faced by Moriarty once again and with the prospect of John being harmed he turned to Molly for help.
Molly Hooper worked as a lab technician in St Bartholomew's hospital, she was mad for Sherlock but he made it aware that he didn't feel anything of the same for her. Sherlock regularly used Molly's obsession for him as an advantage and as she had been the one to introduce Moriarty to him as her 'gay' boyfriend Jim Sherlock felt as if she at least owed him this, for John's sake.
In the blink of an eye Sherlock was standing on a rooftop with Moriarty, he had become so predictable, so dull.
Moriarty shot himself in the head after telling Sherlock that if he didn't jump his friends would die, Moriarty had people waiting. Sherlock immediately thought of John and reminded himself why he had to do what he was about to do.
He rang John who'd just got out of a cab below him and told him he had to stay exactly where he was.
He told John that he had made everything up, just like sergeant Donovan had predicted. (Donovan had always hated Sherlock even before he had publicized her affair with Anderson). Sherlock told John he had researched him before they had met and that was how he knew so much about him, he then told him that this phone call was Sherlock's suicide note.
Tears were already flooding Sherlock's face even though he knew that this was the best way.
Molly had just arrived after Sherlock had texted her. She carried out wonders on Moriarty's dead body placing a mask on that resembled Sherlock's face and a wig so similar to Sherlock's own curls.
It took so much effort to hang up on John, but once it was done it was over and Sherlock may never speak to John again.
The homeless networks were all placed around the ground and ran to the body when it hit the ground. It had already been arranged that one would knock John over when he ran. John was on the floor then up again in a split second. They pushed John back as the sirens roared and then it was over the body was gone, the homeless network were gone and John was gone.
After they were gone Sherlock still felt the wet tears sliding down his face. How could he do this? How could he do this to John?
Molly hung to Sherlock mascara trails left from the few tears she had shed but Sherlock wasn't paying attention, he didn't care.
The next day was a blur.
Sherlock moved himself into a house which was disserted while a family was on holiday for six months (Sherlock had picked this up easily although he didn't even think about it) so it was fine for him to stay there while he was away.
It had a great view of the graveyard behind it which was where 'Sherlock' was to be buried.
The stupid people had left the back door slightly ajar meaning Sherlock's slender frame could easily get through.
Sherlock made sure that nobody knew where he was, he had seen all of the news reports with his name plastered on and he knew it wasn't safe to let even Molly be aware of where he was currently staying.
The next time that Sherlock saw John it was at his own funeral.
He hid behind a tree with a perfect view of the gravestone. He could clearly see 'Sherlock Holmes' carved in the stone and could see John and Mrs. Hudson standing by it.
John looked like he hadn't slept at all: there were dark vicious circles under each of his eyes which were red raw from crying and his smile lines were much less prominent then they had been just a few days before.
Sherlock was so consumed in looking at John that he didn't realize that Mrs. Hudson had left until John began to speak. Sherlock couldn't hear half of what John was saying but he heard John saying something along the lines of wishing Sherlock was still alive.
Sherlock wished John knew that the body lying beneath him was not Sherlock's but Moriarty's, he wished he could yell and make John turn around but he bit his tongue, it was too soon John hadn't yet come to terms with 'Sherlock's' death, he'd have a heart attack if he saw him now and Sherlock would not be responsible for that.
Sherlock was also aware that the people employed by Moriarty were likely not to have left London yet so he couldn't risk John's life in that way either.
The thought of John being dead always made Sherlock feel sick and on many occasions he actually fainted.
Sherlock stayed by the window side most of the time looking at the grave and occasionally he went to the graveyard itself hidden by a scarf or hat.
It wasn't long before Sherlock realized that John visited the graveyard at exactly 9am and 9pm, that was when Sherlock started planning.
Sherlock had set up a bank account under a different name a week before his 'death' and placed a substantial sum of money inside, this was enough for him to live off and keep himself hidden. He had enough for a good few months if he carried on eating minimal value foods and as he had no bills to pay he would do okay.
But after a few weeks he knew the plan needed to happen soon.