The Hippocratic Oath for Scientists
or, How Sherlock got Kicked out of Every Science Union Ever

"Sherlock, have you ever heard of the Hippocratic Oath for Scientists?"

Sherlock paused, looking up from his microscope where he was currently examining the effects of acid on an animal carcass compared to the effects on a human limb, which he had managed to charm out of Molly, and then somehow hide under his coat on the way back to Baker Street (via cab). He flexed his gloveless fingers and John eyed the full beaker of acid near his elbow warily.

"Heard of it. Deleted. It was irrelevant to my goals."

John glanced down at the Wikipedia page on his laptop, and then back up at the scene in front of him.

"Obviously," he muttered. Sherlock raised an eyebrow. John cast around for a change of topic to distract him. "What are you working on?"

Sherlock dismissed him with a wave of his hand.

"You wouldn't understand," he declared, and went back to peering at the (now sizzling) animal skin. As John wondered how long it would take to work its way through to the bone, he mentally checked another one off the list.

He sincerely hoped there was no magical board of scientists that would come and try to hold Sherlock to such a thing. He had a feeling it would end badly, possibly with someone throwing acid around (John didn't disregard the thought that it might be him).


A/N:

So, yeah. That happened. I don't even know why I wrote this to be honest. I'm meant to be studying for a uni course I'm doing over the summer and the reading is sort of killing me. Normally I wouldn't mind it (I think most of the people on here are part of the population that actually enjoys reading), but I just cannot concentrate enough to get through it and understand. Anyway, I reached a part on Hippocrates and then had to look it up and there was a link to the Hippocratic Oath for Scientists, so I read it, immediately thinking of Sherlock. He pretty much breaks all the rules. All of them. All. (look it up...)

So the ending sucked, and this is no where near my best writing, but I had to entertain myself somehow, so this came into existence for your amusement.

Yay.

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