His Doctor~

Chapter 22

*'s by dialogue means it will be explained at the end of the chapter :) You are all completely wonderful ^_^

Chapter 22

Three Months Ago...

Foreign voices chattered away, making a black-dressed woman kneel on the floor of an abandoned warehouse. She held her phone in her hands, clutching onto it as she typed the lasts words she would ever say...

Goodbye, Mr. Holmes.

Irene sent the message in silence, handing the phone to one of her kidnappers nearby. The executioner walked over, menacingly carrying a large sword in his glove-covered hands. The sharp steel pressed at the back of her neck, making Irene close her eyes with tears welling up, ready to accept her death. The tall man raised the large sword, ready to come down and behead her, when...

"Ahh!~"

Irene's eyes shot open, letting tears run down her cheeks. She glanced up at the executioner, who had stunning blue eyes.

"When I say run..." he whispered in a most familiar voice, "...Run." Sherlock, disguised and in character, went to lower the sword, when he turned around to defeat the terrorists who kidnapped Irene. The Woman sighed in place, closing her eyes and smiling, letting new tears fall. Sherlock slayed two men, ready to face the others who were far from Irene. "Run!" he shouted the command, causing Ms. Adler to immediately obey. She ran over to the door opened it with a great amount of strength. But she was surprised to find that no one waiting for her outside. "Close it!" Sherlock ordered while continuing to fight. Irene nodded and pushed the heavy door closed behind her. She breathed rapidly, placing her hands on her chest.

"He'll be fine... He'll be fine..." she thought, but still couldn't help but worry. After a few minutes, the door began to creak open, making the dominatrix jump and ready herself to run. However, tears came to her eyes once again to see Sherlock, mask removed, emerged from the door.

"Sh... Sherlock!" she breathed and ran to him, throwing her arms around his neck. He became stiff and pushed her away slightly.

"Don't get too excited... I have my reasons." Sherlock said, putting his sword against the outside wall of the warehouse. Irene fully let go but continued to be close.

"Oh I know your reasons... shall I repay you?" she asked with a wink. Sherlock rolled his eyes... not even ten minutes ago did she almost die and she was already being a flirt.

"No not that... a life for a life." He told her, fishing through the hidden pockets of the black robes.

"What do you mean?" Irene asked.

"When Jo-Ann and I were almost killed by Moriarty, a phone call interrupted him, thus saving our lives." He explained, pulling out a slip of paper. "It was you that called... wasn't it?" Sherlock looked at her. Irene gulped a bit and slowly answered.

"...How did you know that?"

"Simple." Sherlock replied, "Call history, time, date, all obvious."

"I delete my call history." Irene argued, but was met with instant truth.

"You delete call history every two months, mainly because that's how long it takes to buy or trade secrets, correct? That and Moriarty's exact words just spelled your name. I got a hold of your phone when we first met, when you were examining Kate and ordering my doctor to go check the back door. Finding it was easy, since you obviously didn't have it on your person at the time. It was resting on your nightstand, a common place to put it. The combination of your unconscious driver and petty competition with Jo-Ann gave me enough time to swipe the phone and check the call history of the time and date of I and Moriarty's first meeting, which was within your history-deleting time period. His number is, of course, unidentified. But I glanced at my watch when he answered his phone on that day and recorded it. The time of your call and the time of his answering were a match. Obvious." Sherlock finished, handing Irene the small slip of paper with a map drawn on it and her mobile phone. "Go to this location immediately. Say the key words 'It's Elementary' to the property owner and he will further take care of you. Once his instructions run out, you're on your own." He said, walking away from the stunned woman.