The Painful Inevitable Chapter 3

Now I may update twice today, because I've got some chapters saved up, but I probably won't update all of tomorrow, but a lot of chapters will be waiting for you on Saturday!

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Irene

I scream when the cigarette hits my skin. The flesh burns, and I can't help the noise from escaping from my lips.

I wish I had controlled myself, because Arthurs face turns into a giddy smile, and I glace at Sherlock to see him angrier than ever before.

Sherlock, even when angry, always keeps his composure, and he never shows emotion. I had never seen Sherlock so outright, human.

Arthur wraps his arm around my waist and starts rubbing my curves seductively. I try to kick him, but Arthur grabs my leg before it can reach him and pulls out a knife.

I hear Sherlock yell "NO!" before Arthur, instead of cutting me, cuts my dress up a slit, exposing my bare leg up to my thigh.

Somehow, Sherlock looks even angrier. Arthur lets go of my waist and instead gropes my thigh.

I attempt to kick him again, but he grabs my leg again and, after being handed handcuffs, cuffs my ankles together, and then attaches a heavy weight to the handcuffs.

Adding extra weight to me causes my shoulders to burn even more than before. I moan under the pain, and Arthur's eyes twinkle.

He pulls out a cigarette cutter and takes my hand. Right after he places my finger inside the razor sharp hole, I start breathing heavily, and Sherlock yells across the room "I'll tell you anything!"

Arthur grins, and releases my hand. I can't take him telling anything to this asshole, so I say "Don't Sherlock!"

In a flash, Arthur is in front of me, striking me across the face, bruising the other cheek. Sherlock attempts to stand again, but the man keeps him down.

"Don't make me mad again. Do you understand?" He grabs my chin, and forces me to look into his pitch black eyes.

I nod slightly, and he releases my chin and walks over to Sherlock, where they begin talking. Arthur laughs loudly at one point, and then he motions to one of his 'minions' and suddenly I'm on the ground.

I hear a loud crack as my knee drops to the cold concrete, and pain shatters up my leg. I scream, and Sherlock finally gets up, since Arthur motions for the man to let him by.

Sherlock reaches me in a few moments, despite his pain, and he cradles me in his arms. "My job is done. Release us now."

Arthur laughs out loud. "Release you? I don't think so. Here's my plan: Take her, oh, and then her life (He laughs cruelly), and then I kill you."

I can't take it anymore. I begin to sob. It felt so odd, because I usually kept my emotions inside, to be emotional when I was alone.

Sherlock wraps his arms around me protectively, and prepares to fight them off. However, before he can do anything, a huge 'boom' sounds, and the door is blown off by a cloud of smoke.

In comes Watson holding a pistol, and 5 other policemen. Arthur seemingly disappears into the smoke, but all 20 of his men are captured.

Watson hurries over to me and picks me up in his arms, seeing as Sherlock can barely hold himself up.

We all leave the building, and I close my eyes to the blinding sunlight. I black out just as Watson puts me into a carriage headed for the hospital.

Sherlock

I can't erase my memory of her screams. Her body looks so tangled and broken on the hospital bed.

She's asleep now, but she whimpers occasionally. I remember being helpless. ME, Sherlock Holmes, helpless.

She whimpers again. I hold onto her hand, and tighten my grip.

She has a bruised rib, a cracked rib, she got stitches in her cut on her jaw, she has two bruised cheeks and one black eye, and her knee was badly sprained.

She looks so poor and pathetic, it kills me inside. She would hate for anyone, especially me to pity her.

Her eyes start to flutter open, but then they stay closed. I sit on the chair beside her, and try to fall asleep, but it's impossible, because I remember that Arthur got away.

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