AN: Hello everybody! Well this chapter has Mycroft! Okay, I'm kind of crazy about him from the very first time I read the books, so I'm might be overly excited about this, so err sorry. :)

Happy reading!

CHAPTER-5

THE HOLMES SIBLINGS

Sherly who was currently sulking in her room on the normal people's incompetency in comprehending her culinary genius,at least felt a little better when she heard John's and Mrs. Hudson's merry laughter from downstairs, even if it was at her expense. Well she did not care much for Harry, to be frank. But she was John's sister and she did care for John, so Sherly petulantly thought she might bear with her annoying laughter too.

She then decided that she needed to think of more important matters rather than her wasting time. So in a way she thought that it was good that she was alone now as she needed to decide what to do about the pressing issue at hand. She needed to tell John about the phone call at earliest chance possible as they were running out of time very soon.

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But the problem was whether John would be able to make a wise decision about that matter in his current situation, or not. She did not want John to take a decision in a moment of anger or grief and then regret his decision throughout his life. Because if she knew John well enough, which she ofcourse knew, he would not agree to proceed with the IVF process. Because he would think that, now that Mary wasn't there, there wouldn't be any purpose in bringing a new life into this world who would not have mother's love; ranting on the injustice of everything that constituted the world. Also he wouldn't consider himself good enough to raise a kid alone comparing him with Mary and how she would have raised the kid if she was alive.

Because now onwards, atleast for a few months if not years, everything John would think would be in 'would have beens' instead of what it really is. She would not blame John for that; but after few months when reality would dawn upon him and he would realize that he had lost forever the only remaining testimony of the life Mary and he shared, it would simply devastate him and he would not be able to forgive himself for that. So Sherly decided that it was now upon her to make him realize that he would be making a mistake if he did not proceed with this procedure.

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But the next major question was that that who was going to be the surrogate mother to John's baby? She knew John and Mary would have already decided on somebody; and knowing them both they would have preferred somebody professional for their baby, mostly someone the doctors at the facility would have suggested.

But somehow the idea that John's baby would be growing somewhere where neither of them could not have access, that is they could meet the mother only at her convenience, was a little upsetting. And it would be even more stressful for John, that now Mary was not there and baby would be somewhere far away until it is born.

She also did not want to imagine what sort of woman that surrogate would be, as even though the DNA was John's and Mary's, the surrogate mother who was carrying the baby for all the nine months would be a major influence in baby's physical and mental development. She was sure she could find all about her life if she could get a chance to look at her. And not very surprisingly, decided on doing just that. She decided she would ask Mycroft's help in finding her and only after she thought the other woman was fit enough to be the surrogate, she would tell to John about the call.

Because somewhere in the back of her mind a new idea had been developing ever since she attended that phone call and after seeing all those miserable tears of John, it was getting stronger. But she was Sherline Holmes and she only did things in a properly logical way with proof and all, so she decided to hold that thought until she concluded her small investigation; and in a way it would be the first she was doing after she had come back to the land of living… She surely was excited.

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She went to meet Mycroft telling John that she wanted to discuss few things regarding her resurrection with her brother. When she reached Diogenes' club and found her brother, she saw that he was sipping some fruit juice and going through few news papers. She smirked and said, "Good to see that you are back to your dieting brother. Your waistline seems to be ever expanding just like your influence over the world."

Mycroft smirked in return and said, "Ahh dear sister, welcome back to the land of mortals and yes, thank you for that hidden compliment on my success. It is very much appreciated." And saying so, he motioned her to a seat opposite him and offered her a glass of juice wordlessly which when she refused to drink, he glared at her a glare she had received many a times throughout her life from him; it said 'You are so skinny that even skeleton would have an obesity complex seeing you! So better drink up!'. And as usual she petulantly took a sip from the glass.

This was how the Holmes siblings showed their loved towards each other… by bickering and teasing each other with brilliantly worded insults and some skillfully hidden praises when deserved, which unsurprisingly only a Holmes would know how to decipher and decide which part of a sentence was important and what was just a filler. To an outsider it would seem that they both never got along and always fought with each other and thus most of them assumed that their childhood was difficult and what not. But only those very few who knew them both well enough would know that this was their style of friendly banter and their means to keep that special childhood bond every sibling shared, alive in this busy, fast paced distant world around them.

It is not to say that they did not have a sibling rivalry between them because if two extremely brilliant persons are in the same room, some conflicts are bound to arise and they had a fare share of those when they were growing up. Sherly always resented him for his 7 years of seniority, which she accused was what was responsible for him being more brilliant than her whenever she failed to beat him in the games they played as children, which ofcourse were all too well above either of their biological ages. And later when she had become a pro in deducing stuff, which incidentally was also taught to by her brother, she still resented him that he could deduce more information by just a mere look, as opposite to her who had to spend atleast a minute to come to the same conclusions. Then one day, she had explained logically to him that since they both shared the same genes and everything, it should have to be his 7 years of extra experience in this world that made all the difference. And he being the silently doting brother he was, always agreed with her however preposterous the conclusions were and apologized to her for that.

So now like everytime, when he just sent a message and his PA came in with a folder in her hand and he took it and gave it to Sherline, she thought that her brother was secretly omniscient; a claim he always vehemently denied; like now for example, because when he saw her face, he shook his head in negative with a smirk. And all these impossible ideas (atleast she did not have any scientific proof that 'omniscience' existed till now) was coming into her head because the folder contained the details regarding John and Mary's IVF procedure details including the name, address and photo of the surrogate and a page on her entire life history up till now.

After spending 3 minutes in reading everything thoroughly, she had made her decision. But she thought if John needed to be convinced, she might need that woman's address though and took a note of it. Then suddenly Mycroft spoke again, disturbing the silence in the room; " I do not think it is a wise idea. I won't agree to it."

It took Sherly only a moment to understand that her brother had understood what she was thinking again for a second wondering about the mind reading thing, but recovered quickly enough to say, " if you can read my thoughts so perfectly, you would also know that if I decide something, I don't really care what anyone else think about." She replied smugly.

He replied, "But John won't accept for sure!" He said in a failed effort as he saw her smirk. She then bid him goodbye and left, leaving him alone in a room thinking that now only the highest authority could stop her from doing something she would not be able to manage and regret later. Because he knew how much ever John would refuse in the beginning he would e convinced, because when Sherline Holmes was set upon on convincing someone about something she would achieve it, so much so that he doubted that if it had ears, even the mighty Himalayas* would too move an inch if she convinced it that she needed a sample from the soil it stood for the good of science! Luckily it didn't have ears… seriously thank God for small mercies!

So after a moment of thought, he dialed a number on his speed dial, the number of the person with highest authority on him and waited until someone spoke, and he said,

"Mummy, Good morning. It is me Mycroft."

* Himalayas: It is the world's largest mountain range, containing many of the world's highest peaks including Mount Everest, K2, Kanchenjunga, etc. :)

AN: Hi again everyone! This is part-1 of the main surrogacy chapter; in the next chapter all the remaining questions will be answered. I just couldn't fit everything into this chapter as it would have become terribly long. But don't worry, I will update sooner than you think.

And once again I thank you all for the continued support. And I sincerely hope the story continues to be worth all your support. And please don't forget to tell me your views about this chapter. :)

Also I want to request everyone who reads this to tell me if some character seems 'out of character', that is other than the basic gender related stuff; because off late I was very upset when one of my favourite stories suddenly became too OOC for my taste. So I would certainly not want to do the same mistake. And if you guys think it is happening here; please do tell me, I will try correcting it as soon as it is possible for me.