"We have to assume that that was the same anesthesia that he had used on the other victims; however he has injected you with it meaning you have less than five minutes before you knock out." Stated a voice.
Athena turned around to see a tall, fair, red haired figure wearing a placid shirt and a pale pair of jeans.
"Chris?" Athena asked in bewilderment.
"Hello Ant." Replied Chris.
"What are you doing in my thought room?"
"I know you can pick the lock on those hand cuffs. All you have to do is buy yourself enough time. Start by apologizing and sound really convincing." Replied another voice. Athena recognized the voice immediately to be that of her sister Iris.
"Why are you in my thought room?" screamed Athena.
"The same reason you are here, because your brain needs to find a way to survive and apparently we can help you." Replies Iris.
"I give the medical advice, she gives you the manipulation one." Comments Chris. Iris looks at Chris with a death stare, then turns and walks towards Athena.
"Now go and save yourself." She commands and pushes Athena. Athena senses herself fall backwards and back into Louisa's lounge where James continues to drag Athena towards the balcony.
Athena quickly remembers an old trick that she learnt when she would play around with the handcuffs during her stake outs. As Athena disables her handcuffs and she starts talking to James trying to sound remorseful.
"Your daughter wasn't innocent but she didn't deserve to die the ways she did. Nobody deserves that kind of a death."
James stops for a second, looking at Athena . Athena notices tears in his eyes.
"I know she wasn't innocent, she was never innocent. But she was my daughter and anyone who'd hurt her deserve what I did to them."
"Nobody deserves that kind of a death." Athena repeats herself with a tone of warning and remorse.
"But now it's too late," James continues almost ignoring Athena's remark, and begins dragging her reaching the sliding door and sliding the door open. "I have sinned too much to repent. I can only finish."
He picks Athena up and forces her to walk out the door towards the railing, while Athena finally manages to open the handcuffs and is about to push James down; when a familiar shout echoes in the lounge.
"Metropolitan Police. Hands where I can see them or else I'll shoot."
"Rogers? Oh God, why him?" Athena thinks to herself, not that Ethan was a bad partner or a bad officer but he was like everyone else. He saw things but never observed them, heard but never listened and at this point she needed someone who could observe the situation rather than try the good cop hostage situation.
James immediately places the knife at Athena's throat and places her in front of him, to protect himself, Athena turned to face the room and noticed both Ethan and Sherlock.
"Sherlock?" Athena says in relief.
Sherlock slightly nods his head to confirm his presence to Athena. Athena then guides him with her eyes towards her hands which she signals is free and she can defend herself.
"I'll slit her throat. And she'll be dead before you could pump a bullet in me." James screams towards Ethan. Whilst pressing the knife against Athena's throat.
"Put the gun down Rogers. Last thing we need in this apartment is more blood than that has already been drawn."
Ethan looks at Sherlock in confusion but he gives him a reassuring look. Ethan puts his weapon down. Athena seeing a chance pushes James right arm holding the knife, and knees him in the stomach with her left arm. James who had been expecting an attack from Athena's side, in one strong blow brings back the knife and stabs Athena in the stomach, making her bleed and fall back at the railings. He again tries to stab her however Athena deflects this attack by barricading her body with her arms which get stabbed instead. Ethan, horrified at the sight of his partner's blood, draw the gun without warning and shoots James repeatedly whilst getting closer to him with every shot. The final shot pushes James over the railing and fall down towards his dead. The sound of his body crashing and skull cracking fills the empty alleyway. Which are then replaced by a few shrieks of the passersby.
Athena falls down on the balcony floor and stares at her own blood pumping out of her body. Between the anesthesia taking effect and the blood loss, she begins to feel drowsiness.
"I repeat I need men at Building 334 West Street immediately." Ethan talks into the phone and Sherlock rushes over to Athena. Takes off his coat and covers Athena's stomach wounds to stop the bleeding.
"We can't wait for paramedics; she'll die before they get here." Shouts Sherlock, after analyzing Athena's injuries.
"Pick her up and come on." Shouts Ethan. Sherlock quickly picks her up and begins carrying her in his arms whilst running out of the apartment building and getting into Ethan's car. Ethan shouts at the police officers who arrive what to do and Sherlocks tries to hold Athena by pushing her legs up so that the blood flow remains down.
Ethan quickly enters the car and begins driving with the siren blaring through the roof at full speed. Sherlock realizes that Athena has fainted and pours the water out of the water bottle he noticed a few seconds ago in an attempt to wake her up. Athena responds with a grunt and eyes opening.
"Sorry about that, you need to stay awake. Medical procedure." Sherlock responds with a smile.