And... Chapter 4, hope you'll like it : )
Sherlock took the tube to go to Kennington. When he got out, he rapidly saw the man. He nonchalantly walked to him, stopped to face him and said:
"Do you know where I can find the nearest museum ?"
The man slightly moved and said:
"Here is the stick, take it."
Sherlock stretched his hand and got a USB stick. As the man started to leave, Sherlock took his arm and said:
"Tell your boss if I ever find him, and I will, he wouldn't live long for what he did to Molly."
The man chuckled and left. Sherlock then went back to Mycroft's. John was no longer there. Mycroft told his brother he had a call about the blood found at Molly's flat.
Sherlock gave the USB stick to Mycroft, who said:
"I took a laptop and disconnected it from all the networks. We'll see what is on this stick.
– How about the voice recognition?
– In progress."
Mycroft connected the stick to the laptop. For a moment nothing happened but then a programme ran. Some code appeared and then the PC started to heat. Mycroft's eyes opened wide when he felt the best growing and growing.
Suddenly, something exploded and the laptop got on fire. Sherlock quickly took the USB stick before Mycroft sprayed the laptop with an extinguisher. Sherlock turned to Mycroft who said:
"Well, brother mine, you saw what happened.
– I know, mumbled Sherlock.
– Imagine this on the British government servers. It could be devastating!
– Yes but it's Molly.
– That means nothing compared to national importance!
– It means something to me, Mycroft !"
As Sherlock nearly shouted that, Mycroft raised an eyebrow. He has never seen his brother so… Angry ? No, more like… Desperate. Was the great Sherlock Holmes desperate?
Minutes of silence passed before they heard a "ping" coming from Mycroft's computer. They both turned quickly to it and glanced at the results. Their faces showed disappointment as they saw there weren't one results, but dozens of men appeared. Sherlock let him desperately sat down. He joined his hands as Mycroft made a call.
At the end of the day, Sherlock got back to Baker Street. He asked Mrs Hudson if John came here when he wasn't there but she said she hadn't seen him. As she saw Sherlock seemed really tired, she brought him tea. She started:
"Sherlock… If you want to talk about it…
– I don't want to, Mrs Hudson.
– I think you should, you need to talk to someone, like everyone."
Sherlock gave up at this point showing it with a hand wave. Mrs Hudson smiled and continued:
"Tell me about the case, it doesn't seem to be a normal case, isn't it?
– Molly's been kidnapped so no, it isn't a normal case. It's a matter of life or death!
– Many cases you had were a life or death matter, Sherlock.
– But this time it's about Molly Hooper!
– She really does count, doesn't she?
– She does."
Mrs Hudson seemed happy with herself and returned to her flat.
At a bit more than half past eight pm, John came back. Sherlock waited for him to come upstairs.
He did as he told Sherlock:
"I have good and bad news. Good news, we found a match for the blood. Bad news, the sample isn't too clear to have only one match."
Sherlock punched the kitchen table, making some experiment he made fall. John asked:
"What is it, Sherlock? Didn't you find anything?
– We did, but the results were multiple too."
Suddenly he seemed to have an idea. He took the paper John was holding. It was a report with the name and the name of each suspect. He then searched in a messy pile of paper Mycroft's report. He explained quickly:
"We actually can restrain the suspect's list. First, we have to…"
He put the two sheets next to each other.
"… compare and keep the matches that are on the two sheets…"
He crossed the name of the people that didn't match.
"… and we have..."
He showed the papers
"Three people left!
–But, said John, that's still not one…
– Obviously, but there are people reading and psychology.
– You know what psychology is?
– Notions. But reading people is better. You see, this one…"
He showed the person in the middle.
"He has a cheap coat, and his shirt has holes in it. So it's a poor man but with principles. You see, his shoes are perfectly washed. He, on the pictures, shows he has manners and a good education. And…"
He typed something on his laptop.
"…see? He is active on social medias and is searching for a job. And he's actually in holidays to his parent's. Can't be him, look."
He pointed a Facebook post with a smiling man and a little woman.
"But, started John, there's still two persons…
– That's why Myc's here. He posses the government."
John laughed and they went to Mycroft's.