A little more John angst and a bit of Sherlock comfort, oh and I don't like Dimmock.
Dimmock arrives soon after and takes over the scene forcing the boys out of the building. The two wait after their statements had been taking and the whole time John can't get Soo Lin's face out of her head. She had been so young with only the wish to live but now she was a corpse with no future.
"Stop it."
It takes John a moment to realize Sherlock is talking to him. "Excuse me?" He asks looking at the man nearby.
Sherlock is leaning against a wall with his fingers steepled under his chin, his thinking pose. "I said 'stop it', you feel guilty and it's ridiculous." He tells him.
John glares, "Ridiculous? A woman is dead!" He storms.
"Yes," the taller man says dropping his hands to look at John, "but you are not responsible."
"I could have saved her." John argues.
Sherlock glares this time, "Or ended up dead right along with her." He retorts.
The ex-soldier growls but doesn't respond but he does look away.
"John," Sherlock speaks quietly, "You would have been killed as well and we might never have found the murder now with you by my side we'll find the killer and give Soo Lin Yao the justice she deserves."
John turns back to the man stunned, he wants to hear more from this side of Sherlock but Dimmock appears and breaks the moment.
"What exactly happened here?" The Detective Inspector asks looking between the two.
"A young girl was gunned down tonight," John replies, "That's three murders in three days and you're supposed to be finding him."
Sherlock moves to stand closer to Dimmock. "Brian Lukis and Edward Van Coon were working for a gang of international smugglers, a gang called the Black Lotus operating right here in London."
"Can you prove that?" The Inspector asks.
An hour later Sherlock has Dimmock in the Bart's morgue with the pathologist Molly Hooper. He gestures to the young woman and she moves forward to open the body bag. Brian Lukis is revealed as is the tattoo of the Black Lotus that had been on Soo Lin's foot.
Sherlock smiles smugly at the revelation. "Now Van Coon." He says.
Molly moves over to the other body bag and opens it. Edward Van Coon lays within and he too has the tattoo on his foot.
"Oh!" Sherlock says in shock surprise.
Dimmock glares at his wearily. "So?" He asks.
The Consulting Detective huffs, "So either these two men just happened to visit the same Chinese tattoo parlor or I'm telling the truth." He snaps.
"What do you want?" Dimmock asks in defeat.
Sherlock smiles, "I want every book from Lukis' and Van Coon's apartment."
The Detective Inspector looks at him with a mix of suspicion and surprise. "Their books?"
