Amy was sitting on the couch when Sherlock stepped out of Rose's room. He didn't seem to notice her as he walked over and flopped down in the chair across from her. He was lost in thought, same way the Doctor got, but she had questions. Had been waiting for him to come out, even sent Rory off with John to pick up takeout so she'd have time to talk to the detective if he came out while they were gone.
She eyed him as he clasped his hands together with that far off look on his face.
"How is she?" Amy asked.
He didn't look at her.
"As well as can be expected after being kidnapped and…" the detective trailed off, making her wonder what the and implied.
"Resting then?"
"I believe so."
Probably not. She was probably only pretending to rest, at least, that's what Amy did after she'd been kidnapped and the Doctor and Rory saved her, but then she'd lost her child as well. Although, that didn't mean what Rose went through was any less traumatic.
"The Doctor…" Amy sighed, sitting forward. She knew he'd have questions if she opened the door on this, but she needed to know. Had to make sure. "The Doctor told me you shot him, the…meta-crisis."
That far off look vanished and Sherlock eyed her, as if he was reading her. His gaze was intense, but she returned it.
"Yes."
"And that he…melted."
"The Doctor called him Flesh. Fully program-"
"I…I know what it is."
Sherlock sat forward, the intensity in his eyes growing.
"What do you know about it?"
"A few years ago I was taken, like Rose, by a woman who wanted something from me. She put a Flesh copy of me in my place. She kept me for a long time."
The detective's eyes narrowed as if he was trying to figure something out.
"How long?"
"Seven months, eight, nine…I'm not entirely sure, but somewhere along those lines. And that whole time I really thought I was there, on the TARDIS with the Doctor and my husband, but then I went into labor and the Doctor figured it out, that I wasn't really there."
"Sorry? You went into labor?"
"Yes, that…that's what she wanted. My baby. My child."
"This was what you were telling John, about a woman taking your child, changing her into a weapon to kill the Doctor."
"Yes."
"And…" his eyes widened as if he worked something out. "You believe it's the same person. This woman who took you is the one behind Rose's kidnapping and bringing all of you here."
"Her name's Kovarian. Madam Kovarian. If it is her, she's dangerous, very dangerous. She didn't succeed in killing the Doctor, though that was more River's doing than anyone else, but she did succeed in taking my child."
"You believe she might succeed here too."
He was good, she had to give him that.
"Yes, I think so."
"What reason do you have for telling me?"
"Because I think you could beat her."
Sherlock steepled his fingers, gazing at her as if he was judging the truth of her words.
"Me? What about the Doctor?"
And now they were to the heart of it. The reason she wanted to talk to him.
"The Doctor is best friend and I love him, but he plays fair and she doesn't. She won't hesitate to get rid of anyone in her way. She'll kill or manipulate her way into getting what she wants." She knew the Doctor wouldn't approve, but she also knew what would happen to him if Rose died. She wasn't sure he could come back from that, not even with her help. She nodded toward the closed bedroom door. "What will you do to protect her?"
"Anything."
She could see the truth of that in his eyes.
"The only way to do that is to stop Kovarian."
He eyed her, drawing his brows together.
"You mean kill her."
Amy held his gaze.
"Yes."
He sat back, smiling.
"Mrs. Pond, you surprise me."
"My name's Amy not Mrs. Pond." She looked down for a moment remembering something, something that tore at the wound inside of her that still hadn't healed, might never heal. "When you have something stolen from you, something that is so much a part of you, it…changes you." She caught his eye. "I killed her once." His eyes widened. "Kovarian. The Doctor doesn't know, but I did. It was in an alternate time line and when that time line was fixed everything that happened, un-happened, as if it never happened at all. I'm not saying it was right, but I can see how much you care about Rose and if you can, I'm telling you, stop her because if you don't she'll take what matters most and she'll use it for her own ends."
"Like she did to your daughter?"
"River's my daughter and I love her, but my baby's gone. Madam Kovarian saw to that and even though it's been years it still hurts. I don't want to see that happen to anyone else, which is why I'm telling you what the Doctor won't."
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