Chapter 7: The Factory and Saving Holmes
You and the boys were hiding behind some boxes as you watch soldiers march past you. Once they leave you and the boys stand up and Holmes looks over at Watson and asked. "Are you happy?" Watson looks over at him as he pulls out his gun and said. "What?"
"At this moment. Are you as happy as you would be on your honeymoon in Brighton?" Holmes asked, a slight smile playing at his lips. "I'm not gonna grace that question with an answer." Watson replied, obviously annoyed. Holmes looks off to the side for a moment then asked, again. "Are you happy?"
"Are we here for another reason? I think we are." said Watson. "Should we get on?" You said. "It was a simple question." Holmes remarked. "Are we gonna do something or wait for them to come back around?" You asked him. "What time is it?" asked Holmes. Watson pulls out his pocket watch, looks at it and said. "Three fifteen."
"Over there in the rest of the part of the complex should be a telegraph office, send this to Mycroft. Be back here on the hour." Holmes ordered as he hands you a folded up piece of paper. "No, I'm coming with you." You argued. "No, I need you with Watson, that way I know you're safe." Holmes replied.
You were about to argue with him again but he raises an eyebrow at you. You close your mouth as you knew when Holmes has his mind made up there is no point in arguing. You wrap your arms around his neck and hug him while he wraps his arms around you. "Just promise me you'll come back in one piece." You whispered to him, making him chuckle. You move your head to look up at him and he leans in to kiss you. "I promise." He whispers to you once he breaks the kiss. You smile at him and break away from the embrace and you and Watson, who was happy for you two but also uncomfortable at this moment, run the other direction and head over to the telegraph office.
You and Watson casually walk along the street as you past by a group of people. You and Watson turn to the left and walk up the steps of the office building. You grabbed the knob but found it to be locked. "It's locked." You muttered. "Allow me." said Watson. You move out of his way as he picks up his leg and kicks the door open and the two of you walk in.
You walk up to another door to what looked like an office and opened the door with ease. You and Watson walk up to the telegraph and you hand him the paper Holmes gave you and Watson began to send the message to Mycroft.
Once he was finished with the telegraph the two of you hurry out of the office. You close the front door of the building and you and Watson walk back out on the streets like nothing happened.
You make it to the spot Holmes told you two to met him at but he is nowhere to be found. You look up and see a note attached to a box. You pull it off and opened it. "Come at once if convenient." You read as Watson looks over your shoulder. You flip the note and read. "If inconvenient, come all the same." You and Watson let out a sigh and you open the note to reveal a drawing of a Lighthouse.
"Isn't this one of Rene's drawings?" You asked Watson. Watson nods as the two of you look up and see the same lighthouse just down the street. You and Watson began to make a run for it.
The two of you walk inside the factory and see hundreds of what looked like bombs to you. "My God." You whisper as you two walk out of the factory and walk back outside where you look down and see the lighthouse. You hold up the drawing and look up at the building. "That's gotta be it." You said and the two of you begin to walk but you hear a gun being cocked and you see a man aiming a gun at you and Watson.
"Halt." He said in an Germany accent. "On your knees." You and Watson do as he says and hold up your hands. The man begins to talk to you two in Germany when suddenly he falls.over from a bullet. You and Watson get up off your knees and run for cover.
Out of nowhere, music begins to play over the speakers. You and Watson look over at each other in confusion when a voice begins to sing in another language. Then another bullet hits the pile you and Watson are hiding behind and you two try to sink lower into the ground, avoiding to get hit.
Watson pulls out his gun and tries to take aim but the gunman, which you figured was Moran, shots but Watson moves away before the bullet could hit him.
Then a scream came through the speaker, which turned your blood cold. You look up at Watson and said, shakily. "Please, tell me that's not Holmes." Watson looks at you with concern as there was another scream coming through the speakers. "Oh God." You said, tearfully, and raised your hands to your mouth, tears in your eyes, as Watson stands up and goes to the side and climbs up the latter.
You take a deep breath and follow him up the latter. You two get up top and get behind some boxes as Moran shoots at you two again.
As the music and screaming stops, Watson raises his hat to the light and Moran shoots at the hat. You and Watson look at each other in shock. "We can't keep hiding like this, Watson." You said. "What can we do? We are up against the best marksman in London, in case you forgot." said Watson. You shake your head until you look up and see a couple of earmuffs then you look over your shoulder and realized you two are hiding behind a giant machine gun. You give a small smile and said. "Come on."
And the two of you grab the earmuffs, put them on and begin to move the fun and aim it at the lighthouse. You and Watson move to the side. "Ready?" You asked him. He nods and he pulls the rope and the gun fires, making the lighthouse fall. You and Watson are blown back from the shockwave and stare at each other in shock.
Once the building fell, the two of you get up and run towards the crushed building. You and Watson run up the rumble and start to look for Holmes. "Holmes?" Watson calls out. Then you heard a groan and you run over to it. "Sherlock." You said as you run over were you hear him. "Take your time." You hear him say.
You run over to the left, Watson right behind you, as you move some bricks out of the way and see Holmes on his side. You and Watson move him on his back and you let out a small scream when you see a hook in his right shoulder. Watson grabs the hook and pulls it out of his shoulder. You and Watson kneel down and you cradle Holmes's head as he smiles, weakly, at you two. "Always good to see you two." He mutters.
You and Watson help carry Holmes as you two enter in the factory. The three of you walk down the stairs and out on to the floor. "What were you thinking?" Watson mutters to Holmes. "Wait. Wait." Holmes said as Watson walks over tthe crates and pulls off the cloth to reveal more bombs and weapons while Holmes stumbles a bit and picks up a gun off of the floot and you help him back to his feet.
"If you must know I was thinking I had him. Right where I wanted him." Holmes replied as Watson hands him ammo and you a gun, that was loaded, and he got himself a gun. "Right, crack on then." Watson said and he begins to rum across the building as Holmes stands up straighter, nods at you, and you two run after Watson.
The three of you burst into a room and you hear someone whistling. You spin around and see Simza just as she spins and runs the other direction. You and Watson are holding Holmes between you, your arms are looped through his arms. You and Watson follow Holmes while he walks backwards watching your back. "Turn in three...two....one." Holmes shouted and you and Watson spin around and begin firing at your pursuers. Watson let's go of Holmes's arm as he fires with his machine gun and you guide Holmes over to the other side with Simza and her crew.
"Come on! Hurry up!" She shouted and all of you run out of the building. "Did you see my brother?" Simza asked. "No, but I'm certain he's been here." Holmes shouted as some of her people turn around and shoot at Moriarty's men. "Where are we going?" You asked. "Over that wall!" Simza shouted.
"Holmes, how did you know that we'd find you?" Watson asked him. "You didn't find me.....you collapsed a building on me." Holmes remarks as you hear a gunshot ring out, hitting one of Simza' s men and you and the boys turn around and fire at the gunmen.
The three of you begin to run and make it to a brick wall as you see one of the gypsies throw a rope ovef the wall but before any of you get to the wall, more bullets ring out as they hit the wall, making you and the others duck for cover. You and Watson stand up and begin firing your guns at as many people you could shoot at. But then someone start firing a gatlen gun and you duck in cover again.
Then an extremely loud bang roars across the air and you realize they are firing canons at you as you see a part of the wall collapse. "Well, there's our way out." You said as the boys nodded.
"Where are the horses?" Holmes asked, loudly, as you and the others escaped the factory and run out into the forest. "They're behind!" Simza shouted. "We need them!" Holmes shouts. "So you wanna go back?" Simza asked him.
"What's our way out?" You asked her. "There's another way out!" Simza replied as she points off to the side and you see train tracks in the distance.
Seconds later you hear something screeching then an explosion as you realize they are shooting bombs at you. Your heart thumps harder in your chest as you and the others run across the forest and dodge and avoid the bullets and the bombs coming at you. You hear bullets go through the trees and bombs exploding just off to the side of you as you continue to run as fast as you can.
Then you felt a sharp pain in your side and you realized you had been shot as you felt something warm on your side.
Suddenly, you hear the trees start to fall as a huge bullet goes through them knocking them down. The shockwave of the explosions causes you and the others to fall forward and down a slope. You and the boys fall next to each other and the three of you were dazed for a moment but you and the boys wake up and stand on your feet as some of Moriarty's men come after you.
Holmes and Watson punch a few men, you headbutt one man and elbow another, who was coming up behind you, in the stomach. Holmes was able to take a gun away from one of the gunmen, kicked him, and gave the gun to Watson, who grabs it, takes aim and shoots Moran, who was coming after you three with a gun. You and the others take a breath as you hear a train whistle approaching.
You and the others run towards the train as one of Simza's people opens a compartment and climbs in. He holds out a hand to the next person, which was Simza, then he grabs Watson's hand then yours then Holmes's hand. He was about to get the last person in but someone shot him before he could get in.
Afterwhile, Simza begins to sing as she has Holmes laying next to her while Watson looks you over and sees that you were just grazed from the bullet. "You're very lucky." Watson muttered to you as he begins to treat it. "Still hurts like hell." You said as he cleans your wound and sees it up.
Once he finished with your wound, Simza stops singing. "He's not breathing." She said after she placed her hand over Holmes's nose. You and Watson look over at her in shock. "What?!" You said, frantically, as you try to get up but Watson stops you. "(Y/N), you need to calm down. You don't need your stitches to pop." Watson said, quickly. "But...." You started to argue but Watson gave you a look then runs over to Holmes to look him over.
He checks for a pulse in Holmes's neck but doesn't feel one. You look up at Watson and he can see panic and fear creeping up in your eyes. "Cradle his head." Watson ordered Simza. He looks over to the other gypsy and said. "Raise his legs." You slowly get up and start to walk over to them as you hold your side.
Tears fall down on your face as Simza and her friend do as Watson ordered. "You are not going to die on us." Watson said as he starts to push down on Holmes's chest but Holmes doesn't move. "I'm not gonna make this easy on you." Watson said and he slams his fist against Holmes's chest. "Come on. Come on." Watson said as he continues to push down on his chest.
You slowly kneel on the other side next to Holmes as you watch Watson push down on his chest some more. You place your fingers in his neck to check for a pulse but you didn't feel anything. You look up at Watson and shake your head as you let out a small sob.
Then you raised your fist on his chest. "Come on, Holmes. Don't you dare leave me!" You shouted as you take both of your hands and push down as well. "I know you can hear us, you selfish bastard!" You shouted as you push down his chest again but nothing was happening. You stop pushing and lay your head over his chest and began to cry.
All the emotions you've been feeling and building up ever since the day you found out your sister died came flooding out as you cry into his shoulder. You felt someone pull you away from him but you struggled with them as you try to cling onto Holmes.
Then you felt two pairs of hands and realized it was Simza and Watson pulling you away. Watson holds you close to him as you cry out. "First mum, then Irene, and now....him. I....I...just...." You whispered between cries and you lean your head into Watson's shoulder as he starts to let out a small sob and Simza was hugging the both of you. You sniffed when's suddenly an idea came to you, something you remembered.
"He took off like a monkey from a box. I may need one of those in a few hours."
"Consider it a wedding gift."
"Watson! His wedding gift!" You said as you pull back from his shoulder and looked him in the eyes.
At first he was confused at what your talking about then it hit him. He pulls out the little black satchel and pulls out the needle. He take the cap off with his teeth and stabs the needle into his chest. "Please work. Please let this work." You muttered as Watson takes the needle out.
You and the other sit and stare at Holmes's lifeless body for a few seconds before you see his brown eyes open and he let's out a yell.
He gets up and runs to the other end of the compartment. He stops and looks back at you and the others. "I had a terrible dream, you were marrying Gladstone and I was in a restaurant, that satanic pony was there as well! A massive fork in his hoof and he tunred on me!" Holmes shouted as he looks over at you and Watson, as you two walk over to him and calm him down.
He let's out a few deep breaths then asked. "What have you administered?" Watson holds up the needle and replied. "Your wedding present." Holmes.clings to his chest and asked, loudly. "Who's been dancing on my chest?!"
"Us." You said, pointing at You and Watson. "Why is my leg so itchy?" Holmes asked as he looks down at his leg. "Because there's a large piece of wood sticking out of it." Watson replied. "Good Lord." Holmes mutters.
Then he turns to one of the gypsies and said. "Tamas, I've an important job to discuss with you. Remind me of it later." You lead Holmes over to crate for him to sit on as Watson hands him the needle and said. "Sit down drink this, I gotta get that out before it turns septic." Holmes does as he is told them he points at you and asked. "Did you call me selfish bastard?"
"Probably." You answered as Watson takes Holmes's leg and wraps his hand round the wood. "Just leave it in!" Holmes said but too late as Watson pulls it out. Holmes closes his eyes, repressing himself not to scream. "Oh, you are so subtile." Holmes mutters at Watson. "Be nice." You said, firmly, to him as Watson works on his leg and you sit next to Holmes.
"I'm sorry you didn't get to Brighton." Holmes said to Watson. Watson looks up at you in slight shock then over to Holmes and said. "Me too."
Few moments of silence pass before you speak up. "I think we should go home." Watson nods in agreement and Holmes says. "I concur." You and Watson look over at him as he says. "We're going home." You look at Watson then to Simza who had a slight angry look on her face until Holmes speaks again.
"Via Switzerland. What better place to start a war than a peace summit. We'll drop in to see my brother." He looks over at Watson and said. "I'm sure he's missed you." Watson gives a small smile as you look over at Holmes who looks at you with a smile. You lean towards him and kiss him. Holmes gives a small smile as he closes his eyes and begins to sleep as he lays his head on your shoulder and you kiss his forehead.
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