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26. June 2011,
One and a half month after the first infection
The journey had been long and exhausting. Always having to look out for any dangers and taking care of everybody.
But finally they reached their destination. The base in Greenland. The ground around the base was covered with snow and the base itself looked like a big white dome with windows. It had been built only two years ago and was technically up to date.
The electric power of the base was produced by environmentally friendly wind turbines and solar panels. Atomic energy was simply too dangerous and difficult to maintain.
"Are we really there?", asked John with an uncertain expression, like he still couldn´t believe, that they really reached their destination safely.
"Yes, we are John.", replied Sherlock and squeezed his hand reassuringly.
The landing area of the base was underground, you could only reach them through thick automatic doors, which opened with the clearance of the security staff of the base.
"We got clearance.", said Sabrina and the slowly landed. There were people there, many people. They could watch them from the windows of the control room of the ship.
The mass of people were all smiling and cheering. The security made their way over to the entrances to secure them with stairs for the passengers.
They walked to the doors together and Mycroft was the first to set his foot on the ground.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please step over to the registration facilities. There you will also get information about the living facilities of the base Nr. 009.", said a loud metallic voice clearly and than added after a moment, "Mr Mycroft Holmes, please come to the room 345. Thank you."
Mycroft already walked away together with Lestrade, the both of them seemed to be glued together since the incident with Moriarty just like Sarah and George. John was happy for them, everybody deserved a happy end after the zombie apocalypse.
"Come on, John, we have to get a room.", said Sherlock and pulled him and Oliver with him to the registration office.
"Hello, my name is Sherlock Holmes, this is Doctor John Watson and our son Oliver Holmes." Oliver grinned happily about Sherlock´s statement, he really had a family now.
"Welcome in base Nr. 009. My name is Elisabeth and I am here to get you registered. Please fill out these papers and hand them over, so I can give you your keys to your rooms."
"Thank you, Elisabeth.", replied John politely to the young girl from the office and she smiled friendly.
"You are welcome. Doctor Watson, please wait a moment, you surely want to talk to our physician Dr. Halloway.", she said and dialled a number on her phone.
"Dr. Halloway, the new doctor arrived. Should I send him up to you?" She waited a moment before she replied with a smile:
"Okay, I am sure your wife will take good care of him." Elisabeth put the phone down and took the now filled out papers from Sherlock.
"So a three person accommodation. Here is your key, please wait a moment. Mrs Halloway will be here in a minute."
"Good, goodbye Elisabeth and thank you again for your help.", Sherlock said politely, he was in a good mood and they stepped aside, so other people could get registered.
"Are you Doctor John Watson?", asked a small woman, with chocolate brown hair and glowing blue eyes. John nodded and she shook his hand.
"My name is Christiane Halloway. I am the archivist of the base and all the papers you just filled out will end up on my desk later on."
"Okay, so you are the one to take us to your husband right?", asked Oliver, clutching his favorite book to his side.
"Yes, exactly, boy. Let´s go, Jordan is already eagerly looking forward to meeting you."
They walked through long corridors, the walls weren´t a sterile white like they had imagined, all of them were covered with colourful paintings and pictures.
"The people here don´t like the colour white, so they started to paint the walls. The kids love to play with the paint and never want to stop.", explained Christiane with a sweet smile.
They reached the hospital wing of the base and a young man with a lab coat was greeting them. He gave Christiane a gentle kiss and than walked up to the survivors to greet them.
"I am Jordan Halloway and one of the doctors of base Nr. 009. We are also working on a cure to the zombie virus, but it will take some time before we will be able to achieve a cure." Oliver hide behind Sherlock´s legs, he didn´t like them talking about finding a cure. He had been the only one to survive the experiments and the only one to be immune against the zombie virus.
"It´s okay, Oliver, he won´t do anything to you.", said Sherlock and stroked Oliver´s head reassuringly. Jordan watched the scene curiously, but didn´t ask.
"Oliver had been the victim of a certain scientist experimenting with the zombie virus. He is still scared of doctors and the only known human immune to the virus.", explained John.
"He is immune? How is t hat possible?", asked Jordan eagerly.
"Please, Dr. Halloway. Could we safe that for later? We just arrived here and would like to settle down first.", said Sherlock and grabbed Oliver harder. The boy had begun to tremble and really wanted to get away.
"It´s okay, Oliver. Everything is all right. We are safe here and they won´t hurt you.", reassured John the scared boy and Sherlock picked him up to calm him down.
"I am sorry, I shouldn´t have asked so eagerly. Let me show you to your rooms as an apology.", pleaded Jordan and they accepted.
The rooms were big and filled with light. The dome they had seen from outside was the main building of the base. All the rooms for the survivors were located there and set up around a huge botanical garden in the centre of the building. Each accommodation had their own balcony to the inside of the dome, so you could open your windows to enjoy the fresh air from the garden.
The rooms of the small family spread out over two floors. The upper floor was for the bedrooms and the office, while the lower floor was for the living area and bathroom.
Sherlock and John shared the master bedroom and Oliver occupied his own room right next to them. They also had a huge kitchen with a joined dining and living room area. The bathroom had a shower and a bathtub. There was also an office for John . Everything was quite big and luxurious.
"Everybody here is living like this. Everybody here is the same and we have enough space for all the survivors, because most of the bases supply rooms are underground, like the hospital wing.", explained Jordan, "We are also already planning to expand the base and built a second dome like this. I hope you will enjoy to live here. Welcome in base Nr. 009."
And so, their new lifes began.
Six months after the start of the zombie apocalypse.
"Sherlock! Wake up! We overslept.", said John wide awake after one look at the clock. Sherlock was still curled up next to him and nuzzled his head into John´s side.
"No wonder after last nights activities.", Sherlock replied with a sleepy smile and laughed as John started to blush.
"Good morning, John.", greeted Sherlock him and kissed John tenderly.
"Good morning to you too, love, but we still need to get up! I have to be at work in half an hour and you have to teach the kids today." John jumped out of the bed, put his clothes on and already started making breakfast, while Sherlock still tried to untangle himself from the bedsheets.
"Sherlock! Don´t forget to wake Oliver.", shouted John from the kitchen and continued to heat up water for the tea. Sherlock finally freed himself from the bedsheets, put on his work clothes and then walked over to Oliver´s bedroom to wake up the young boy.
He was still sleeping and only his blond curls were sticking out of the bedsheets. Sherlock smiled and gently nudged the boys shoulder.
"Oliver, you have to wake up. We overslept and John is already panicking." The boy sat up groggily and rubbed his eyes.
"But I am still tired..." He yawned and wanted to lie back down, but Sherlock stopped him.
"Come on, Oliver. There is nothing as refreshing as a fresh brewed tea from John in the morning. And today we also have a surprise for you, but you still have to wait till after tonight´s concert."
Oliver slowly climbed out of his bed and walked into the bathroom to brush his teeth, while Sherlock went to help John to set the table for the three of them. After he finished that task he walked up behind John to hug him and kiss his neck.
"Sherlock, not now!"
"Oh, come on, John. Just a kiss."
"Okay, but you will have to wait until after the concert for more."
"Thank you, John."
Half an hour later John went to work in the hospital wing. He and Jordan were still working on the cure for the zombie virus, but they steadily got closer to their goal.
Sherlock still was working as a teacher, but now after he received a new violin from Mycroft he was also giving concerts for the survivors in the botanical garden.
Sarah and George were now married and already started to built their own family. Their baby would be born in seven months and they already had asked Greg to be the godfather of the child.
Greg and Mycroft were now officially dating and managed the base together, they were always working, but also tried to find time for themselves, which wasn´t easy.
Mrs Hudson and surprisingly Sabrina were taking care of the botanical garden. They even started to plan a plantation for different fruits and vegetables.
Lisa and Sarah were building new transporting systems for the base and inventing new technical things to make life even easier. Everybody was fond of their work and supported them in any way possible.
Later that evening after Sherlock´s breathtaking concert with several pieces from Vivaldi, Oliver was jumping up and down, unable to wait any longer to receive his surprise.
"Are you sure that he deserves this?", asked John with a teasing smile his partner.
"I am not so sure, John, what if he doesn´t take care of her?", replied Sherlock with a grin.
"Her? Show me! Show me!", shouted Oliver eagerly and tried to look behind Sherlock and John.
"Hey, hey, slow down or you will scare her.", told him John and moved away to show Oliver the box behind them. A soft "Miau" could be heard and Oliver ran up to the box to look inside. A small fluffy white kitten was watching the newcomer with her big blue eyes.
"What´s her name?", asked Oliver, fascinated from the little fluff ball in front of him.
"You have to decide, Oliver. It´s your cate, so you have to name her."
"Mhm... I think, I will name her Mo.", said the boy and carefully picked up the cat to cuddle and stroke her tenderly.
"Mo? What a simple name."
"It´s short for Morpheus, because she is a dream come true.", Oliver explained and Sherlock grinned.
"Yes, it´s really a dream come true.", and Sherlock certainly didn´t only mean the cat.
He meant his relationship with John, his family, his new life in the base and he was thankful for all that every day. Because it was a dream come true and his second chance to be a good man.
The End.