A/N: Here's the second part of the double upload. As you know from last chapter, Mycroft told them to stay in their rooms. The question is: will they listen?
Chapter 11 – A Plan of Their Own
A minute later, they were seated in Sherlock's room. "I believe we have some explaining to do," Sherlock said.
"Yes you bloody well do," said John.
"Very well. I'll start at the beginning." He began from when he met Dean, Sam, and Aliea, and went on to talk about the Doctor and the stories everyone had.
Finally, he told John about their discovery that the Master was back, their time in Cardiff, and the other part of their discussion with Mycroft.
John looked stunned. "What are we going to do?"
"Obviously, we're going to have to find the Master and Moriarty," the Doctor said, "And we can't do that from our rooms."
"Knowing, them, they'll probably find us first," said Aliea, "In which case, we can't be found here."
"Indeed," said Sherlock, "What do you suggest?"
"We sneak away. Meet me in my room in twenty minutes. We don't want to leave now or we'll arouse suspicion."
After twenty minutes, everyone made their way to Aliea's room where they discovered a long rope made out of curtains and bed sheets leading out the open window.
"We can climb down this."
"Will it hold?" John asked.
"Yes. I've had to do this a few times before. Hurry, start climbing!"
Sherlock and the Doctor were first to climb onto the rope and start moving down. After a moment's hesitation, John followed. Aliea waited until they had made it to the grass below before starting to climb.
Suddenly, the door to the room banged open and one of Mycroft's agents burst in, gun in hand. Startled, Aliea's hands slipped from the makeshift rope. She tried to regain her hold but she was already falling towards the ground.
Thinking fast, she turned so she was falling face first and tucked into a ball. She hit the ground and rolled forward and came up in a standing position.
"Run!" she yelled. They all took off running and didn't stop until they had passed into the shelter of some trees.
"Where did you learn how to do that?" John asked Aliea, "Break the fall, I mean."
She grinned. "When you're falling from high up, if you can hit the ground at a roll, you can turn the downwards motion into forwards motion and will have a less likely chance of getting injured."
"Sorry to interrupt, but we should get going," Sherlock said, "After all, we have two madmen to find."
[End Chapter]