Title: For A Good Cause
Author: Pompey
Rating: G
Universe: BBC
Warnings: none
Word Count: 250
Summary: The lengths they will go for a fundraiser.
Challenge: July 14 – three people working together, who may not have gotten along before
John didn't particularly mind being put in a potentially embarrassing situation if the cause was good. In this case, the cause was a joint fundraiser between St. Bart's and Scotland Yard to raise money for childhood cancer research. Admittedly, the cause was more the hospital's. However, the fundraiser itself was less so.
It was to be a sort of human fox hunt, where each "fox" was assigned to a group of three "hounds." The fox was also given a red jersey, a colored armband, and a fifteen minute head start. The "hounds" had to track and capture their fox across London within ninety minutes. If the fox was free at the end of the ninety minutes, each of the hounds was obliged to pay at least 10 pounds (although more was definitely encouraged.) But if the fox was captured before time was up, the fox paid a minimum of 30 pounds.
John mentioned in passing to Molly Hooper that he'd like to participate if only he could find some people to team up with as he didn't fancy signing up as a lone fox. Molly in turn said that both she and Sally Donovan were in the same boat. The solution was simple: the three of them would sign up as a team of hounds.
What they hadn't counted on was that Sherlock, inexplicably, had signed himself up as a fox. John looked at his team's color, then at Sherlock's armband. Well, he reflected resignedly, I can afford ten pounds.