Chapter 7
Disclaimer: Nope, still not mine...
TA-DA! Here it is, finally, the next chapter! This has been on my mind for quite a while, but I never had time to write it. I hope you like it, thank you for reading and please review!
Previously:
"Hannibal, I know him!"
Four pairs of eyes turned at the Captain instantly.
Sherlock was the first to speak again: "Really?", he asked, sounding so happy, that John almost kicked him. Hannibal frowned, but Murdock didn't even seem to have heard him.
"That's Jack!" He whispered, his voice barely audible now.
Then he just stood there, in complete silence, staring at the dead body. His eyes dark and dull, like he was looking into another world.
"Murdock?", John asked worried. No reaction.
"Captain?", Hannibal tried.
Silence- then...
"Colonel?", Murdock replied in a small voice, his dark brown eyes still unseeing.
"Captain, identify him", Hannibal ordered more firmly.
"Jack Braddock, sir, he worked at the VA Hospital as an orderly", the Captain made his report in a hard and steady voice. More quietly, trembling slightly, he added: "He was one of the good ones, almost treating me normal, we played basketball sometimes."
"I'm sorry, son" Hannibal said.
Murdock nodded absently, before he turned to Sherlock.
"We have to find whoever did this! My team is in on the case!"
A dark fire was in the Captains eyes.
Sherlock looked at him in surprise, there was a hint of doubt in his eyes, that didn't go unnoticed by his blogger, but he stayed silent. Molly, who left them, to give them some privacy, as soon as she found out, that this Murdock guy knew the victim and just came back to hear the Captains demand, waited with rapt attention, what Sherlock would reply. Would he really give in and let them join? As far as she knew that never happened before.
"Al right", he finally replied, before storming of in his usual manner, Murdock and John hard on his heels.
The Colonel followed a bit slower, deep in thoughts. Of course the Captain had no right to just speak for the team, after all Hannibal was his CO. Still he decided to let it go for now.
His Captain was furious. It didn't happen fast nor often, but if he was, there was no stopping him.
"This Jack must have been quite a special guy!", Hannibal thought
Hannibal knew, that if he gave him an order, Murdock would obey, but he also knew, that his pilot would find a way to still do what he wanted. Right now Face was the only one who could try to influence his buddy.
The best was to just go on with it for now and try to cool the Captain down a bit, Hannibal decided.
Oh, he would have his revenge, this murderer got personally, with killing the orderly. Nobody got away with messing with his team!
Satisfied with this, Hannibal smiled and lit a cigar. He was on the Jazz.
Deep in thought Molly Hooper watched the four men leave. There had to be something special about this team. After all Sherlock let them join him. Or was it just because they were John's friends?
However, they seemed really mixed of.
She was getting used to Sherlock just storming out, ignoring her completely, it still hurt, after all she still had a crush in him. But normally at least John would say goodbye, most of the times even apologise for Sherlock's lack of manners. And the white haired Colonel seemed nice too, not like somebody who would just storm of, without any explanation.
It had to be because of the other man, the pilot. Something about his reaction at seeing the dead...
Molly couldn't find anything to unusual about how the Captain reacted, after all she knew, that he was a soldier, like John. She didn't know that many soldiers, she didn't know what a normal reaction would be, but she knew that John would have reacted the same. So why got the doctor so mixed up?
On the other hand she hadn't heard the whole conversation.
Something must have happened, probably something about the Captain, that got them worried.
To Molly he seemed quite nice, he had greeted her very politely, maybe a bit effusive.
She would find out, what happened in her lab, she decided. But in order to do this, she would haven to get involved in the case.
That wouldn't be that easy, she didn't know the other men (yet?), but John and Sherlock always tried to keep her out as much as they could. John, because he was worried, he didn't want any of his friends in danger.
But Sherlock... Molly wasn't quite sure. Sometimes she thought he found her annoying, but sometimes he said or did something, that made Molly hope again. Maybe, just maybe he cared about her safety.
However, it was settled now. This time there was no holding her back, this time she was in on the game!
But how?
When Hannibal got down, back on the street, he found the consulting detective sitting in a cab, having a heated argument with Murdock. John was already took a seat in the cab, trying to calm the cab driver, who looked quite unnerved. Hannibal hurried over. He had a slight comprehension, that this argument was about him.
"What's up, Captain?", he demanded to know, but was rudely interrupted by Sherlock.
"Just get in already, we haven't got all day, you can speak about it, while we are driving!"
Hannibal shot him an angry glance, but didn't retort, upon seeing John's borderline desperate expression. So he just got in the car and the cab driver took of, taking them to the crime scene.
On the way he watched Murdock intently. He was still furious, Hannibal had expected that much, but what made him worry was, how possessed to catch the murderer his pilot seemed.
This was a new kind of crazy, a bad kind. A kind that the Colonel had seen before, but didn't like to see on one of his boys, especially not Murdock.
Noticing his stare Murdock asked: "Something up, Colonel?"
"No... So - what happened earlier?"
"Sherlock wanted to leave you and go to the crime scene without you. I stopped him", was the simple reply.
At least that is something, Hannibal decided. Maybe the Captain wasn't that possessed after all?
Still, he was glad that he had called Face, to meet them at their designation, for he didn't know how Murdock would react...
Sorry, it isn't longer, but I didn't want to make you wait more.
I hope you liked it.
What do you think? Should Molly get a bigger part in this story or not?
There could be a bit Sherlolly or a bit Murdock x Molly. Which one do you want?
Thanks for reading and good night (or whatever, here it is night :))
FM
