The Adventure of the Sentient Snow

by Drake Brecht

A year after Sherlock Holmes' death at the Reichenbach Falls, Watson becomes involved in a most unusual case, involving the death of a governess at a mansion pond. The death is in-fact linked with an invasion of sentient ice, which 'The Doctor' is investigating. Soon, the two become involved with a full-scale snow invasion. But beneath it all, an old enemy is re-emerging...

7. Epilogue

Epilogue

At the mansion, Dr. Simeon lay dead on the floor. But it was of course, not Dr. Simeon. It was merely Dr. Simeon's body, that had been used as a host by the soul - all that was left of another's body - of Professor Moriarty. It was, in a sense, Moriarty's body using an alias.

A figure approached it. Someone who was equal in villainy to Moriarty himself. The cells of his own body were breaking-down, releasing tiny packets of golden energy. Microscopic strands of DNA, stringed together, freeing itself of the main body. The particles unlocked.

The figure knelt down by Moriarty, his eyes glowing with that same energy.

"A new body...at last..."