Stuck in a web {BBC Sherlock}

Mrs Mo

I stepped out into the street and breathed in. The tablets felt heavy in my pocket, but my lungs felt light. The cool breeze felt nice against my bruised skin. I walked down the road, anxious to where I was supposed to go now. I realised I'd left my phone at baker street, so I decided to go there.

"Jane." A voice said. I closed my eyes, recognising the voice instantly, and turned around.

"Hi." I said standing in front of my 'best friend'.

"Jane, I didn't mean to hurt you."

"It wasn't you that put me in hospital" I said, although it kinda was "It was Moriarty"

"No I didn't mean-" she frowned "Jane come with me now" She hissed. I noticed the change in her tone and quickly obliged. That's when I heard the gunshot and a bullet whistle quickly past my ear. Martha grabbed my hand and we started running.

I don't think Martha meant to turn into an alleyway, but she did. We realised we were trapped when we got to a brick wall. There were rickety boxes everywhere and a ledge that I could jump and reach if I really wanted to. I let go of Martha's hand and turned to face our stalker.

It was a woman, dressed in tight black lycra and a mask covering her whole face. She was holding a gun in her gloved hand, pointing directly at me.

"What do you want?" I said to her.

"Martha, you don't need to be here. Go and forget this ever happened."

Martha gasped at the same time I did. Mrs Mo.

"Go Martha. I need some one to one time with my daughter."

"No." Martha stood in front of me "I'm not going to do that again. "

"Martha-" I started pushing her slightly out of the way.

"Yes. Martha leave, we just want to talk."

"I," Martha sighed an stood a few meters away. "I'm not going any further."

I smiled. My Martha was back. Although, I still didn't trust her completely.

"What do you want?" I said turning back to my mother "I covered for you."

"Yes, and I thank you. But now that you're free from prison, Your brother will find out who I am."

"He already knows."

"What?!" She hissed

"Yeah. I don't know how, but he does."

I could see the anger rising to the surface. Her face turned red, she looked really creepy, or an old woman.

"Why you-" She fired the gun, still aimed at my chest. Everything seemed to happen in slow motion. Martha jumped out in front of me and took the bullet in her chest. She collapsed to the floor in a heap of curls and blood.

"Martha!" I cried kneeling down next to her.

"Jane, Jane, Jane please. Run, don't let her get you, please forgive me, for everything." she spoke rapidly

"Ssh." I put a finger to her lips, tears streaming down my face. " of course I forgive you." She relaxed in my arms.

"You're the, the only p-person I've ever had. I love you."

Her eyes started to close. "I love you too" I whispered.

She took a final breath and was still. The NASA Tshirt I'd borrowed from the hospital was covered in her blood. I rolled as a bullet hit the ground exactly where I was. I stood up, wiped tears from my face, and face Mrs Mo.

"You just killed her" I snarled.

"Yeah." She said "And now I'm gonna kill you."

I jumped up and grabbed the ledge. I used my hands to haul myself up and leapt over the wall. The brick crumbled as bullets hit it. I stumbled as I fell, but kept running. I heard her follow close after.

As I turned out of the alley we'd entered, someone grabbed me and pulled me behind a dustbin.

I heard Mrs Mo's footsteps run past and down the street. I turned to look at my saviour but they had gone. My phone lay on the concrete next to me.