Victoria took Alex's hand and walked in with him. Victoria smoothed down her hair with her other hand as a sort of calming mechanism. "Hi." said Victoria quietly.
As Sebastian's smile disappeared off his face, Jim's only grew. "Ms. Watson-Holmes, correct?" Jim said casually stepping closer.
Victoria nodded in response, squeezing Alex's hand a bit tighter. She made eye contact with Jim and responded. "Um, yes. That's me."
Jim continued to walk slowly towards them. "You are aware of me and your father's complicated relationship?" Alex looked towards his dad, hoping he would say something to Jim. He might appear calm, but he knew Jim, and he definitely wasn't alright with this.
Sebastian lifted his eyebrows. Really, he wasn't happy with the idea of Alex dating Holmes' daughter either. Jim was up to something- when wasn't he? - although Seb was at a loss as to what it was. Victoria looked around cautiously, chewing on her bottom lip. "Yes, I am." she responded.
"And, unless you're a complete idiot, which is unlikely considering who your father is, you've considered this to be sane. To sneak into /my/ house, and fool around with my son?" Alex pushed Victoria back, behind him. "Speaking of your father, you being here might be a good thing," he mused, getting lost in thought.
"This is going really badly, what do we do now?" Victoria whispered to Alex urgently, taking an instinctive step back. So much for nothing going wrong.
Alex shook his head. "I know what you're thinking, Jim, and no, don't you dare," Alex kept backing away, trying to make it to the door,but Jim kept walking closer, not taking his eyes off of Victoria.
"Alex, what's going on?" asked Victoria quietly to Alex, backing up along with him and glancing over her shoulder.
Alex was too busy focusing on Jim to notice his dad. Sebastian obviously knew where this was going, and even if he didn't want to, he had to follow Jim's wishes. Alex felt his dad's strong hands pull him away from Victoria. Jim's hand latched onto Victoria's wrist, not letting her run away. "How about we call Daddy? Tell him where you are, who you're with, and why?"
Seb held strongly to Alex, as a precaution to ensure that he didn't run over to Victoria. Victoria glared at Jim. "Go to hell." she muttered. It wasn't as though he could hate her more anyway, she thought.
"Oh don't you worry about that, sweetie, I've got a special place reserved for me there," he smiled, not letting go of her. Alex fought against his dad's hold. "She hasn't done anything wrong! Just let her go!"
Jim took out his mobile, putting it on speaker phone. "Hello, Sherlock! You see, I'm calling because I've seemed to have found something that belongs to you. Don't worry, she's in good company."
"Don't worry, dad, I'm fine." Victoria called before Sherlock's response was heard over the speaker. "Let her go, now."
"Oh, don't blame me, Sherlock. She came here of her own free will." He turned towards Victoria. "Shall I explain, or do you want to?"
Victoria glared at Jim venomously. "...I've been dating his son without telling you. Things aren't really turning out at the moment." she muttered.
Sherlock took a deep breath. "Where are you right now? Address," he said. Jim put the phone down on a table, freeing his hand so he could cover Victoria's mouth. "Sorry, but that's not how the game works!"
"You obviously want something, you aren't calling to have a chat about the relations of our children. What is it?" demanded Sherlock. Victoria, startled at the hand clamped down on her mouth, did the only thing she could think of and bit down hard on his hand.
"Oh, their relationship? That just gave me an excuse, to start off a new game. Only this time, if you win, you get your prize. Extra incentive," he said, as pulled his hand away from her mouth.
There was a pause on the other end of the line. "What are the rules?" Sherlock demanded
"Forgive me if it's not up to par with the usuals, but this was rather spontaneous. How about a good old game of hide and seek? Who knows, maybe I'll just break your little toy beyond repair. I could knock two birds with one stone if I did. But let's keep it simple. You find us, you win your prize. Involve Big Brother or the police and you'll never see her again."
Alex had stopped struggling against his dad, but after hearing that, he began to thrash even harder. "No! Just leave her alone!"
After a moment of silence, Sherlock spoke up, sounding quite strained. "Very well. I'll find you all quite soon. Victoria, don't worry. You'll be all right."
"I don't think soo.." said Jim in a singsong voice, before hanging up. "You know, I've been looking for a reason to talk to your dear dad again. Thanks love, and thank you Alex," he said, turning to his son, "for bringing her here. Saved me the trouble. Seb, Lock Alex upstairs and then escort our lovely guest to the basement. Alex can come out when he starts to behave."