The Girl Who Knew Too Little

by mlr96

Mycroft Holmes is seen walking at Saint Bartholemew's hospital, escorting a young woman. A couple of hours later, the girl is being kidnapped. Sherlock and John are up to find out who she is and on the way, they discover the secret Mycroft was hiding from both Sherlock and the girl for nearly two decades, one that will change their lives.

2. Chapter 1

The woman's name was Sher Lucas, and she was not 23 years, but 19. At a matter of fact, it was the day of her nineteenth birthday.

She passed through the entrance, nodded to the guard who stood there waiting and headed to Oncology.

She was well aware of the person who was following her, despite how hard she tried to ignore his existence. It was all she could not to turn around and look at him, knowing it will lead to a conversation she was attempting to delay for a long time.
Reaching Oncology, she reached out a hand to her head and pulled off the wig she was wearing. She sighed with relief of the weight leaving her skull when he spoke.

"It won't be long before your hair will be long enough so you can start walking without it." He said.

Sher turned around, now unable to keep ignoring him.
"I don't like it yet." She said. That was true. Her hair was too short and, curling as it did over her head, she looked like a baby. "I don't matter the wig," she added. That was a lie. It stung and itch and never looked as good on her as she wished it would.

"You look beautiful." He said, as a matter of fact. "With or without it."

Fortunately, Dr. Ain has arrived, sparring her the need to answer this comment.

"Hello you two!" He said happily. "Come inside my office, I have some news I'd like to tell you."

"What are you even doing here?" Sher asked Mycroft as they were entering the doctor's office.

"I am still your emergency contact, like it or not." He replied. "And as such, I have the right to join your medical meetings."

"Well, I don't like it," she said.

"Replace me then." He said and they were in.

They sat at the two chairs in front of the desk, while Dr. Ain closed the door and sat on the other side of it.

"I have good news for you today." He said. "The cancer is retreating. The bone narrow donation was helpful." He smiled at them as Sher tried to ignore Mycroft's look, gazing at her while she processed the news.

"It's..." she said, shocked.

"Retreating."

Sher smiled as her eyes were being filled with tears of happiness.

"Now," said Dr. Ain, "let's discuss what we'll do next, shall we?"