A case like no other - A Johnlock story

The game

Living at the flat was far from ordinary but Ella adapted quickly , what amused her the most was probably Sherlock , his way of life seemed extraordinary. John couldn't see what was so fascinating to her, although Ella knew he didn't think that, she knew him too well.

A week passed from her arrival when on a rather chilly Sunday morning the usual silence was broken by a phone call .

"Holmes , what is it" Sherlock answered the caller , "Well be ready, meet you here" he ended the conversation and immediately began getting ready to leave .

"Lestrade called , he needs us at a crime scene says it looks like a suicide we dealt with a while back and he wants us to investigate" he said swiftly getting his long coat .

"You'll have to go alone I can't leave Ella here" John said looking up at him

"But the case John!" Sherlock exclaimed, annoyed .John began to argue but Ella was already up beside Sherlock "Who said I'll be staying ,I'm coming with you". John and Sherlock started to protest but they were stopped by a tall man entering the flat . 

"Are you ready ? It's kind of urgent " he said standing at the door

"Yes ! Of course we are!" Ella replied before either could say a word already climbing down the stairs "Do I have to wait?" she called up to them .

"Oh Bloody hell" John sighed, getting his coat from the rack , "Who is that ?" Lestrade asked confused "Is she your new girlfriend John?" , "More like pain in the ass, she's my cousin" he answered leaving Lestrade and Sherlock at the door .

Lestrade shrugged and they both left the flat to join Ella and John downstairs .They hailed a cab for John and Sherlock while Lestrade rode his car with Ella .

"Gregory Lestrade my pleasure " he introduced himself as they got into the car ,

"Ella Hoppins , pleasure to meet you too" she replied shaking his hand .

"So uh you're Johns cousin" Greg asked as they left Baker Street ,

"Yea I am , you wouldn't be able to tell would you, clearly I gained the looks in our family" she said and they both broke out laughing . Ella liked this man ,something told her they would get along very well .

"Right . . . this way" Greg  called pointing towards the murder victim once they arrived at the scene  , "Unknown ID , no visible signs of struggle , no murder weapon ..." he continued to update the case's back information while Sherlock took to examining the body.

"It was not a suicide" he finally spoke after examining the scene and body in detail , "But of course you small minded idiots wouldn't understand, I'll keep this short then. The victim was gradually dying over time I suspect its from poisoning through this injection mark on her neck,as you can see its situated just before the bone it would have been impossible for her to do it herself as its inaccessible,  it would also cause major pain . I can easily say someone injected her and brought her here before she died . The fancy outfit indicates she did not mean to end her life , looks more like she was heading to a special occasion from her fresh manicure and styled hair, a person who is about to commit suicide definitely doesn't dress like that and at last no sign of the needle itself meaning she was injected before she got here.If we find out where she was heading to we will hopefully find the murderer ."

Sherlock finished his deduction and everyone stood in awe only John who did not seem impressed was rapidly writing down notes on the case . Meanwhile something caught Ella's eye .

"Sherlock" she called and pointed to a window of the warehouse where a light was signalling a pattern.Sherlock quickly joined her side. "It's Morse code" said John walking over to them "Let's-Play-A-Game" John read and his stomach turned unpleasantly ...."Sherlock it can't be him, he's dead!"it's impossible . . .", Sherlock's heart dropped if it was indeed the man he thought was long an old story the game was still on and not only John was in danger but everyone else was too ...

"I'm afraid it seems he is truly not dead" Sherlock said faintly , trying to calculate all the possibilities now forming in his mind , 'He's in danger, you have to protect him , do it for the man you love , save him ' his mind was going crazy .

"Who's not dead" Ella's voice broke the grave silence "Who is that and what's his game"she demanded worry filling her face . 

"We are his game Miss Hoppins " Sherlock finally said in a dead broken voice "And I'm afraid the game is far more deadly than before"

"Because it seems that Jim Moriarty is back"

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I hope you enjoyed this chapter ! It took absolute ages trying to come up with something worthy of Wattpad and I think I finally made it !

Next chapter will be up shortly !

Watson out! -el ;)