Chapter Forty One - Taking out the trash...
I dragged Jim's body through the eerily quiet garage Sherlock had Jim's gun in his hand and was doing his best to help, (Although he was bleeding profusely.) I heaved Jim's body through the garage as his eyes stared up the the ceiling unblinking and doll like.
Sherlock went protectively ahead of me but I could tell the torture he had endured was taking a toll on him.
"Through here" I said as Sherlock checked down the hall with the gun.
"How do you know where to go?" He pants.
I pull the almost invisible ear bud out of my ear, eyeing him carefully.
"Earpiece, clever." he replies leaning against the wall. He wavers and slides down it.
I catch him as he falls, and immediately use the earpiece to call John.
"John! Sherlock passed out." I exclaim.
"We got Rosie!" He chirps, then as the words sink in, "What where are you?!"
"The garage... meet you guys out front!"
I hear footsteps and take the gun from Sherlock quickly, aiming it toward the noise.
"Keyland!?" Liem exclaimed, as he came round the corner.
"Liem! Put this in the trunk and help me get him into the car please!" I exclaimed as he looked at the burden in my arms.
"I don't understand how are you here!? How did you even get in?!" He asks his eyes flickering back to my face.
"That's a story for later right now we need to move!" I exclaimed, unlocking the van and throwing the keys at Liem.
"Okay!" He replied catching the keys.
I hefted Sherlock into the unlocked van, as Liem chucked Jim into the boot of the car.
Then we both piled into the car and drove off. Me in the back seat with Sherlock and Liem driving.
I threw my hair into a pony and started unbuttoning my white blouse, eventually revealing my red tee shirt.
"Why red?" Liem asked.
I looked over to Sherlock's sleeping form then over to the boot that housed Jim and his unblinking eyes.
"It hides blood better." I stated simply clenching my fists as I glared at Jim.
"Ah..." Liem remarked as we turned, revealing our meeting place.
I sighed as we pulled up to the others in the parking lot.
"Keyland... about me working with Jim..." Liem started.
"We can talk later... Can you do me a favor?" I asked turning to him.
"Anything..." He replied softly.
"Don't tell them we have Moriarty in the boot." I smiled.
"Why?"
"I'll explain later..."
"Okay..." he replied.
"Just take him to Dad's old summer home and I'll meet you there." I replied as John noticed our car pulling up.
"Okay."
"Oh and one more thing. And this is majorly important." I stated gravely.
He looks at me in the rear view mirror as he parks the car.
"Do not engage with Moriarty... Do not talk to him. Do not trust him. Keep him tied up at all times... This kill is mine." I smile poisonously.
Liem's eyes widened in the mirror.
"What?" I asked impatiently.
"You are so much like Mortimer. It scares me." Liem replied simply.
"Good. Maybe I'll make the old man proud." I replied with a murderous smile.
Without giving him a chance to respond. I drug Sherlock out of the car.
"John! Sherlock needs help!" I shouted.
John's eyes widen as he sees me hauling Sherlock's bloody form.
John handed the baby to Fiona, -Who's eyes widened in terror at her angelic face-, And John ran toward Sherlock and I.
"Oh my word." John exclaimed.
"Blood loss is our major concern." I state.
"That and the fact that they whipped him with an undershirt on."
I looked at John quizzically.
"The fibers of the shirt get stuck in the wound, and there is more of a chance of infection." John taught me.
"Oh." I replied as John slung Sherlock's other arm over his shoulder and helped me get him to the getaway car.
"Is he gonna be okay?" I ask.
"Yeah Keyland, I think he should be. The bleeding has slowed down and now we just have to worry about internal bleeding." John replied as we got him into the other van.
"You're taking him to the hospital?" I confirm.
"Well Yeah." John sassed.
"Okay I'll meet you there in about an hour." I reply looking at my watch.
"Okay? Why?"
"I just have to tie up some loose ends. I need to make sure Moriarty gets what he deserves."
"Okay so you have to talk to Mycroft then."
"Yeah." I lied.
"Alright. Don't worry we'll take care of him. Do what you need to do." John smiled.
"I will. Thanks John." I replied with a friendly pat on his shoulder. Then John looked from me to Sherlock and nodded once.
I need to get Rosie." John said carefully ducking out so I could say goodbye.
I gazed at Sherlock's beautiful face, covered with blood and scars, and it only sealed my resolve. I tenderly brushed a stray curl off of his forehead and pressed a chaste kiss to the scar on his eyebrow.
"I love you Sherlock. I'm going to finish this once and for all. For us." I whispered and headed my way back to the car.
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Liem's point of view.
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I watched as the woman of my dreams left the car I was driving. The man she loved draped over her shoulder.
I wondered if the lucky bastard knew how good he had it.
I stared out after her, starting as I heard a knock on my door.
I looked through the window and saw a familiar shock of red hair.
She stood outside my door glaring at me. I was aware she was mad at me and...well I had to face her sometime.
I opened the door and got out facing her.
"Hey Juniper."
"Don't you 'Hey Juniper' me!" She exclaimed, her little body quivering with intense rage.
"Okaaay...?" I replied putting my hands up defensively.
"No it's not!" She shouted.
"What isn't?" I ask stupidly.
"You betrayed Keyland! You betrayed the team! You betrayed me!" He shouted.
I blinked.
"We trusted you! I trusted you and you betrayed us!" She exclaimed tears forming in her eyes.
"I didn't betray you!" I deny vehemently.
"Yes you did!" She replied hands on her hips.
"Really?! And how did I do that?!" I ask crossing my arms.
"You joined Moriarty! You joined the bad guys!" She declares.
"In case you have forgotten, we both worked for the bad guys when Mortimer was alive!" I reply pointedly.
"But now we have Keyland! She has been nothing but good to us and this is how you repay her?!"
"Now you listen here little girl! I only joined Moriarty to keep tabs on him! Haven't you heard the term keep your friends close and your enemies closer?!"
"I prefer to keep my enemies dead. And I'm not just a little girl." She spat.
"Yes you are." I scoffed. She took a half step backward as I continued... "You can't pretend to know anything of how I feel about Keyland! She is the only thing I am still here for. Her father gave me a job to protect her. And I intend to do just that!"
"Please Liem! I'm not stupid. I know Keyland isn't just a job to you!" She glared.
"Well she-"
"You love her don't you?!" She asked eyes wide.
"What would you know about love?" I scoffed.
I was not expecting her to slap me.
"More than you." She replied venomously as she stalked off to the other van.
I gawped after her, holding my cheek. I quickly got into the car and fired it up. Taking a look at my red hand-marked face in the rear view mirror.
There is no way Juniper feels that way for me... and besides I'm running out of time, and I have a job to do.
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