A/N: Yay! New chapter! Okay, I probably should have updated earlier because I'm on break, but I had a little bit of writers block:\ BUT DON'T WORRY because I got an idea and yay so here we are:D I think this chapter might be a longer one, but I haven't checked yet, so we'll see…So, did you all have a good holiday? Did you spend most of it on the internet like I did? Anyways, read on, and HAPPY NEW YEAR! Don't forget to favorite, follow, and review!:D
WARNING: This might contain spoilers for "The Reichenbach Fall" so if you haven't seen it yet and you were planning to, or you just hate spoilers, I would recommend watching it first! It's not too bad, it's just post-reichenbach. ALSO there might be spoilers for the ending of Merlin in here! (also not too bad)
"So… You and… that Cumberbatch man… are actors from a different universe?" John questioned Martin freeman as he tried to wrap his head around the information that his double just gave him.
"Yeah pretty much." Martin said, putting down his teacup on the table in front of the couch that he was seated on. Instead of sitting, John was pacing the room in front of Martin, trying to make sense of things. He had just seen his dead best friend outside 221B Baker Street, and he was very much alive. On top of that, he just met a man who looks exactly like him, and claims to be an actor from an alternate universe.
"So… Sherlock's still dead then." John said solemnly as he stopped in his tracks to look at Martin.
Martin frowned as he saw the sorrow in the blogger's eyes. He wanted to tell the man that his best friend was alive, and was running around the streets of London. He wanted to tell him that Sherlock Holmes would come back and solve crimes once again.
While Martin argued with himself in his head, on whether or not he should spill the big secret to the warn out doctor, John sat himself down in his well-known armchair, picking up his tea cup to take a sip of the warm contents.
"Sod this." Martin mumbled to himself.
"Sorry, what was that?" John asked, snapping out of his slight daze.
"Listen," Martin stood from the couch and moved to stand in front of the seated John.
"What's wrong?" John asked, looking up at Martin.
"Sherlock Holmes…" Martin paused, as he looked John in the eyes, wondering if this was really a good idea.
"What about him?" John asked.
"He's…" After taking a big sigh, Martin looked John in the face to say, "Sherlock Holmes is not dead."
John narrowed his eyes and looked at Martin, almost believing him, before looking down to his lap, chuckling.
"Okay, this is enough now. First you come into my flat telling me that you're from some other universe, and now you're telling me that Sherlock Holmes is not dead… It's just…" John closed his eyes for a moment, trying to think things through for a moment.
"John, I swear to you, Sherlock is alive and he's running around the streets of London right now." Martin tried to reason with the man.
"But I saw him fall. I went to his funeral. He is most certainly… dead." John choked on the last word slightly as he lost eye contact with Martin once again.
"Listen," Martin started again, " In my universe, where all of this is just a TV show, Sherlock is alive. He faked the fall, and he comes back."
John looked up at Martin again.
"But it's just a TV show where you're from. How do I know it's different here than it was there?" John questioned. Martin puffed a sigh, and pulled out his phone.
"God I hope there's service here…" Martin mumbled as he typed in a text over to Benedict.
"What are you doing?" John questioned from his still seated position.
"You'll see." Martin said, turning to go sit on the couch again.
Martin looked down on the small phone screen as he read the text that he'd typed out:
'Bring Sherlock to Baker Street.'
Benedict Cumberbatch's IPhone buzzed in his pocket in the small, empty café. Across from the well-known actor, sat Sherlock Holmes, as he rambled on about possible theories he had about alternate universes.
The buzzing in his pocket surprised Benedict, as he would have never guessed for there to be service in this new universe. He carefully pulled the phone out of his pocket and surveyed the screen as he read the incoming text message from Martin.
'Bring Sherlock to Baker Street.'
Benedict furrowed his eyebrows as he read the text. It then occurred to him what his friend had done. Shit, he told John about Sherlock, didn't he…?
"What is it, what's wrong?" Sherlock asked suddenly in the middle of his monologue. "It's your friend." Sherlock stated as he read Benedict's expression. "Damn…" Sherlock muttered as he realized what Benedict's friend had done.
Benedict gave a slightly apologetic look towards his new acquaintance before stating, "How do you feel about a trip to Baker Street?"
After much hounding and debating, Benedict convinced the detective to reveal his… alive-ness to his best friend. Benedict used the reasons that 'it would only get worse the longer he waited to tell', and 'you're crushing him the longer you wait'. In the end, Benedict won the argument, much to his surprise.
The two look-alikes stood side by side outside of 221B Baker Street. Benedict looked over to Sherlock with a look that questioned 'are you ready?'. Sherlock replied to the look with a single nod, and pushed open the door.
The door swung open and the two men stood just outside the doorframe, peering inside.
"After you." Sherlock said, making a motion for Benedict to go in first.
Benedict complied and stepped inside the doorframe. With the stairs creaking slightly under each step, Benedict led Sherlock Holmes up the stairs to the latter's old flat.
Meanwhile, within the flat, the silence between John and Martin was broken by the sound of the creaking steps. John looked over to Martin in slight confusion. The actor gave a small smile and stood up from the couch. John turned to the door, and saw a shadow nearing the door. John stood abruptly and stared at the door along with Martin.
Benedict Cumberbatch stepped into the flat and looked around. John's breath stopped for a moment, before he realized that this wasn't actually Sherlock standing by the door. That's when he heard the continuing creaking of the stairs. Who else could possibly be here? John wondered as he listened to the slow steps nearing to the entrance of the flat. Another shadow appeared behind Benedict and John held his breath once more.
Martin and Benedict exchanged smiles as Benedict stepped towards Martin to reveal the genuine Sherlock Holmes.
John stumbled slightly backwards on one foot in shock of his best friend standing before him.
Silence remained within the flat as two old friends reunited.
John took a step closer to Sherlock and squinted as if he didn't believe what was standing in front of him.
Martin exchanged looks with Benedict and then decided to break the tense silence.
"Well, it seems like the two of you have a lot to catch up on, so we'll just be off." Martin started with Benedict towards the exit when they didn't notice any recognition that the pair had actually heard them.
Martin and Benedict slipped out of the flat and once they exited the area, the two burst into a fit of giggles.
"We just met Sherlock Holmes and John Watson." Benedict stated incredulously.
"And we fucking brought them back together!" Martin exclaimed between giggles.
Once they both caught their breaths, they started heading back to the TARDIS, which was waiting just across the street.
Benedict held the TARDIS door open for Martin as they both stepped in. The group of actors plus the Doctor and Clara were waiting by the door, staring at the duo in curiosity.
"How was it?" Zachary questioned from the back of the group.
"Incredible." Martin and Benedict said at the same time.
"I wouldn't say what you did was the best thing to do, though." The Doctor said, leaning against the TARDIS control panel.
"H-… how do you know what we did?" Martin asked.
"Oh, we were watching the entire time." The Doctor said as he pointed to the monitor that was attached the control panel.
"Oh, well… Why was it a bad idea?" Martin questioned.
"Well, it's all wibbly wobbly, but you two were lucky. This meeting just happened to be a fixed point in time, so if you two hadn't stepped in to have them meet again, it probably would have torn apart a piece of time and space." The Doctor stated matter-of-factly. Before anyone could retort, the Doctor already shouted, "So, who's next?"
"Erm, can we go to Avalon please?" Colin Morgan asked from his place besides Bradley.
"Avalon it is!" The Doctor shouted as he twirled around the console.
The TARDIS shook and jolted sending the passengers tumbling throughout the time machine once again. Little did they know that the Detective and the Blogger were running outside to try and catch their new friends before they were gone. The duo stared in amazement at the disappearing police box on the sidewalk, as they both realized that they were too late. Sherlock turned to John and asked, "What do you know about those two? I talked with Benedict, but he didn't say much about his uni-" Sherlock was interrupted by the hard punch that John threw at him.
"Well, I guess I deserved that, I-" Sherlock was interrupted again when John threw another punch, but this time near his cheekbones.
"Wh-" Sherlock started.
"Sorry, I punched Benedict before, thinking it was you, so I'm just making up for it." John explained.
"Now let's get inside and you can tell me why you… did what you did." John said with a slight anger in his tone.
The two walked into Baker Street, with John furious at Sherlock for faking his death, and Sherlock just happy to be home.
The TARDIS stopped abruptly at its destination after much spinning and shaking.
"Welcome to Avalon!" The Doctor shouted excitedly as he threw his hands in the air.
Bradley and Colin stepped forwards and looked at each other before smiling and swinging open the doors. A slight mist greeted the pair as they stepped out of the TARDIS. The fog was thin enough for the two actors to see the grey water and the looming ruin that stood upon a small island.
Bradley and Colin both walked a little along the grassy area. Cars zoomed by, and the actors noticed some of the drivers giving them quizzical looks due to their attire.
While Bradley stopped to observe the lovely scenery, Colin continued to walk a little further. He then began to notice a figure of a man that was also staring out at the water. Due to the fog, Colin couldn't make out who the man was, though he had an idea.
"Hello?" Colin called out in his thick accent. The head of the figure didn't turn, as it continued to look straight ahead.
Colin continued to walk towards the mysterious person, and the closer he came to the man, the more positive he became on who it was.
"Excuse me…" Colin trailed off once the face of the elderly man became clear. It was his face… Well, it was his face, but older. Merlin turned his head to face Colin and his eyes widened.
"W-what…" He trailed off. "Are you me from the past?" He asked, to which Colin chuckled.
"No." He just stated, too in awe to give any other further explanation. Colin then remembered his friend who was standing further back. The actor turned his head slightly, still keeping eye contact with his character, and shouted, "Bradley, come 'ere!"
"Who's Bradley? And who are you?" Merlin persisted.
"I-I'm… It's sort of difficult to explain but…" Colin trailed off once he heard the sound of jogging footsteps. Bradley emerged from the fog and jogged up to Colin's side. Both Bradley and Merlin's eyes widened at the sight of each other.
"Arthur?"
A/N: SO! Merlin is up next! I'm really sorry that there wasn't much of Merlin in this chapter:\ i was planning for this chapter to be majority Merlin, but it just ended up different, so I'm going to put more Merlin-ness in the next chapter;) ALSO PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I GET ANY MERLIN RELATED THINGS WRONG like I've mentioned before, I'm new to Merlin, and I haven't gotten the chance to watch a lot of it recently, so PLEASE let me know if I'm missing anything or if i get anything wrong! So what do you want to see the the Merlin gang do in the next chapter? any other ideas you might have? What do you/don't you like in the story so far? PLEASE LET ME KNOW IN THE REVIEWS! The Sherlock idea in this chapter where Martin has Sherlock come in to reunite with John, is from the user Molly-Pond-Holmes SO THANK YOU SO MUCH