The meeting that night was excruciatingly boring. Dry, dusty old men made dry, dusty old speeches about why their department needed funding, how their students were doing, dull things like that. Morgan had recited the first 500,000 digits of pi, counted the number of times Professor Collins sniffed, and chewed her left pointer finger into a perfect arc by the time the meeting was finally over.
She returned to her office, intending to check for any mail she might have received. However, she was waylaid in the hall by a tall, curly-haired man. Sherlock.
"I'm setting a trap for the killer. They're going to kill Aimee next, and John and I will catch them."
"Why are you telling me this?" Morgan asked.
"You helped. You should know," Sherlock said simply.
"Thank you, Sherlock," she said, half smiling at him, surprised by his thoughtfulness. "I need to go to my office." She continued down the hallway, not noticing the slight frown on Sherlock's face as he watched her shuffling away. "Hello, Davis," she called to her favorite student.
"Hello, Professor Garner," he responded.
Morgan went into her office, noting that Brooke was absent. Good. She didn't want that annoying little voice in her ear.
A hand clamped over her mouth. Morgan struggled, inhaled, and felt the world begin to spin. Drugged. She thrashed, but her attempts to free herself became progressively weaker. Finally, she succumbed to darkness, and knew no more.
"John, I need to talk to you." The graveness of Sherlock's deep voice convinced John to listen to him.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Morgan is the serial killer."
John was shocked. "How do you know?" he stammered.
"I told her about how I knew who the next victim was, and the trap we were laying. I was positive that person would die last night. They are still alive. Therefore, Morgan is the killer."
"What about the notes?" John asked, remembering the cryptic messages and initial 'S.'
"A decoy. The police spent most of their time focusing on the messages, which were nothing more than a distraction. Don't doubt me, John."
A/N: Sorry for the short chapter, but it's important, so...
