Moriarty's Phantom

Introduction

Once upon a time there was a little girl. This particular girl is kept hidden away from the world by the man she knows as her father. It just so happens that this girl's father is the one and only consulting criminal, Jim Moriarty. She has the honor of being his greatest weakness which is ok because no one knows who she really is and no one knows where to find her. She goes by many different names and many different appearances so no one knows her true self. The only two people who know her true identity are Moriarty himself and his most trusted sniper, Sebastian Moran. The consulting criminal go to great lengths to make sure that her identify is kept a secret because she is his most prized possession. People say that James Moriarty has no heart, but that is not true. He keeps his heart locked away in a very safe location. He keeps his heart inside the child.

After she was born, Moriarty only had enough time to give the child a proper name and hold her to his chest for a few short moments before he had to send her away because the baby's mother wanted to use the child to bring down the criminal. He placed his precious child with a loving family that swore to protect her until he made sure her mother was no longer a threat to himself but more importantly to the child. Who is this child's mother? The child's mother is Irene Adler, also known as "The Woman". It is unknow why she wanted to use the child against her father. All we know is that she did. Since the night the child was taken from her, Irene made it her mission to bring the child back to where she believes is home. Adler assigned people everywhere around the cities of London and Dublin (seeing as Jim is Irish by blood) to try and locate the child. Seconds turned into minutes, Minutes turned into hours, hours tuned into days, days turned into weeks, and weeks turned into months until someone was finally able to track and locate the baby's whereabouts.

One night, the family contacted Moriarty because the believed the child was in danger. Unfortunately, the family was right. Two of Adler's best snipers barged into the home and murdered the child's foster parents. Moriarty had to think quickly to keep his child safe. In doing so, he called on his best sniper Sebastian Moran and sped off to the location in a quick attempt to take out the snipers. After the snipers took out the foster parents, they crept up to child's room to remove her from the home to return her to her mother. Just as a pair of hands reached out to pick the child up out of her cradle, the door to the bedroom flung open as Sebastian open fired at the men by the cradle. As soon as the coast was clear, the criminal rushed to the cradle and quickly scooped the child into his arms to inspect her and to make sure she was unharmed. When the criminal had his confirmation, he held the child close to him, so the child's head could nestle into the crook of her father's neck, and gave her a gentle kiss to her temple to calm her cries. He would gently coo and whisper in her ear saying, "Shh. Daddy's here. You're ok. Everything is ok." He would repeat those words over and over through his own tears while gently swaying to and fro trying to calm the sobbing child. As the child's cries ceased, the crimimal placed the child against his chest so she could fall asleep to the sound of his heart beat. Sebastian had asked the almost weeping father if he wanted a new search for a safe place for the child. Moriarty said one word."No." The sniper gave the criminal a very confused look. The criminal sensed the look and turned to look at the sniper. "She is not going anywhere." He said. "Her rightful place and the safest place for her is with me in my arms." The criminal looked down at the now sleeping child in his arms and whispered, "Don't you worry, little one. Daddy will never let anything happen to his little princess. You will dwell among the shadows so no one will ever discover your true identity. No one will ever take you away from Daddy ever again. You are and will forever remain... my little phantom." He then placed a gentle kiss to the baby's forehead. Ever since that moment, a nickname was born. The child was to be thenceforth referred to as "Phantom" seeing as her identity is concealed behind a mask like the infamous Phantom of the Opera.

Over the years, the child learned how to change her appearance whenever she would go out in public by herself. However, when she would go out with her father, she would hide herself behind a mask so no one could make any inclinations to her true identity. As the child grew, she became harder for her father to control. Every time she misbehaved, he had to show her the consequences. He teaches her everything a Moriarty needs to know: how to control pain, how to supress emotions, how not to feel, how to out-smart your opponents, and most importantly how to be a criminal.

By now you must be asking yourself why am I telling you this story. Because the child in this story is me. Who am I? I am Moriarty's Phantom and this is my story.

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