London Is Never Safe: The Truth About The Past
(Sequel to 'London Is Never Safe: The Nails Of Terror)
"It's been two years, Sherlock..." Shara murmurs under her breath, head down, with a white rose in between her intertwined fingers, standing, like a stiff post, in front of a black granite gravestone in a bare and empty graveyard.
She waits but no answer comes. "I've been thinking... About..." She lets out a small sigh followed by a sad chuckle. "About the first case we solved together... Our first case..." She lifts her head up. Tears starting to gather in her eyes.
"Our first case against Moriarty... I didn't know back then that I... Hmp... Never mind..." She turns her head away and quickly wipes a tear away from her cheek.
She tries several times to talk but after several attempts she crouches down drops the rose onto the grave and it lands with a soft thud on the cold winter ground. She stands up, takes a final glance at the grave, turns around and starts to take a couple o steps away. Then turns around walks back and returns to the exact same position she was in only a minute or so ago.
She takes a deep and shaky breath. "You know... Your birthday was yesterday... That's why I have... Didn't come out here..." She takes another deep breath. "I've been... I've been crying... Just like every single day, Sherlock! Since the day you have gone away..." She chuckles sadly.
"I even got you a present... That's how pathetic I am! I know I can't bring you back to life but..." Tears start to stream down her face. She takes one last deep breath, trying to fight the tears but they're just unstoppable.
"There...There's only one more thing: one... One more miracle, Sherlock, for me... Don't..." Her voice brakes for a minute, she pulls herself together, sort of. "Don't... Be... Dead..." Her voice breaks completely, tears are rolling down her face like they have to, she buries her face into her palms and falls down onto her knees with a loud thud. It's painful but she has even worst pain her heart.
"I love you, Sherlock Holmes! Didn't you realise? The day you died, I died with you... I had the bullet in me too... But it was through my heart not my head. The phone call... That I've got in the morning... On that... Day. Brought the worst news I've... I've ever got! I..." She couldn't say anything more because the words cannot come out... The tears are just keeping them in.
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Shara can feel a person towering over him from the back and then she can feel a hand on her shoulder but she's not looking up.
"Go away!" She shouts into the cold face of the earth.
"Shara" The voice softly says. "I think it would be better if we'd leave, right now."
"I said go away, Mycroft!" She shouts again but in the same time she stands up turns around and buries her face into his shoulder and plants her hands around his neck. He wonders for a minute, surprised, and then softly, sympathetically pats her back.
"Come on let's take you home..." He slowly turns Shara around into the way of the gates.
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By the time they arrive back at Baker Street, yes Shara still lives there, her eyes are completely cried out and Mycroft's jacket's shoulder has a big tear patch on it.
"You sure you'll be alright?" Mycroft asks softly.
"Well... I think I'll call Molly and Greg to ask if I could stay over at theirs... Again..." She grabs her phone out of her pocket and typed in a number followed by a message and she earns a beep from the phone.
"They say its ok... Would you mind... Giving me a lift?"
"No... No of course not..." He says as Shara's starting to make way to her flat followed by Mycroft...
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"Don't forget Shara, we're only a door away..." Molly says supportively as she's sitting next to Shara on the couch. She's already under her duvet with a prompted up pillow behind her back.
"Ok, Molly... Goodnight..." She gives her a hug and Molly leaves to her bedroom so she can have a good night's sleep with her breathing and living fiancé lying next to her...
(A/N: Sorry for the short chapter guys but I thought this would be a good enough start for the story. I hope you like all it! I know the story is not really matching with the title just yet but just wait and see!" SharaRogers)