I.O.U a fall

Chapter 26

Sherlock's heart had stopped, he was lying lifeless on the top of St Bart's hospital once again, but this time John was kneeling beside him crying his eyes out. The doctor had tried to save Sherlock but it was no use the pills were too strong and for once, time couldn't be re-written, not this time.

It had started to rain, it was like the heavens had opened up, just because Sherlock was dead and once again John was left alone again. The doctor had tried to move Sherlock out of the way of John's view, so John didn't have to see the man he loved on the ground dead. However, John refused to move he kept looking at Sherlock's body, all crumpled up and lifeless.

Sherlock was still wearing the blue scarf John loved so much, but he wasn't wearing his coat and a suit he would normally wear, he was in his pyjamas and dressing gown. It looked like Sherlock hadn't gotten dressed in weeks, then it clicked in John's destroyed mind. John started to remember that he had been here before, on the rooftop but Sherlock wasn't dead he was about to jump. John quickly looked at the edge of the rooftop and paused for a moment, suddenly a flash back started to appear in John's head. He started to remember everything that had happened before he was on the rooftop. Them two years, John had spent without Sherlock appeared in John's head, all those nights he had spent at Sherlock's grave and all those moment he had considered ending his life to be with Sherlock.

John had started to remember everything, Sherlock's death, the funeral for Sherlock ....everything that happened over the past two years had come back. The first time he met the doctor, the TARDIS and what came next and most of all how he ended up here. John crouched over Sherlock's body and whispered

" I was going to jump for you Sherlock, I was going to save your life" John moved to Sherlock's head and stroked his curls, he moved to Sherlock's forehead and kissed it gently, " sleep tight my angel and soon we will be together again".

John moved back to where the doctor has stood who was now looking over him and Sherlock, he tried to smile but John stopped him.

" Doctor, I know that Sherlock's death is a fixed point in time and nothing can change that, time can be re-written, but not this" the doctor nodded " so I will never see Sherlock again, right? " again the doctor nodded and held John in his arms, John cried softly.

It was still raining, and it had started to go dark, John looked up at the doctor then at his watch it was only 3pm why is it so dark. John could see that the doctor was thinking the same thing;

" Doctor, why is so dark?" John asked him careful trying not to think of Sherlock's body, which was lying a few feet away from him. The doctor looked up at the sky and then at the rain, he grabbed his sonic screw driver and pointed it at the sky. However by doing so, the sky turned to night and the stars came out. " Doctor?"

The doctor didn't say anything but you could see that he was just as confused as John, then without warning the stars started to go out, one by one the stars went out.

" Doctor what is going on?" John asked again, his voice had a hint of fear in it.

"This has happened before" The doctor whispered to himself " the stars are going out" with in minutes the sky had fallen completely black, there was no light at all but it was still raining. John looked over to Sherlock's body, which was getting very wet by the rain, John took of his coat and put it over Sherlock's body to shield it from the rain, John gave Sherlock was last look then he returned to the doctor.

Darkness had surround them, the whole planet was just floating in space, all alone and the doctor didn't know what to do. The doctor moved around St Bart's roof top muttering to himself, occasionally looking up and then at John. By now all of the stars had gone out and the rain started to stop.

" Doctor? the rain ..its stopped" John said calmly trying not to show how scared and sad he really is, the doctor looked at John and then walked over to him. The doctor picked John up with no effort, John was considerably shorter than the doctor. John was about to ask something but the doctor shook his head, the doctor looked into Johns eyes, which had changed colour. They started to glow a bright yellow and orange colour, it was like everything was all about John, the whole of time and space revolved around John and this precise moment in history.

Without warning a huge loud bang rippled through the planet, the doctor and John looked up, a crack had appeared in the sky and a bright, white light came out of it...........