The Shadow (on hold)

6

"Your brother was my first kill."

They all look at me. James steps towards me, "explain it."

"I was 17, my network was mainly about hacking files and stealing things. I never expected to go into buisness like this. I was sleeping at the underground area when he woke me up and gave me the proposition."

John says, with disgust, "and you said yes."

I turn to him, "I lived underground, homeless since I was a baby. I didn't exactly have much choice and when someone offers you a million pounds for a job and you have never had money before then you take it." They all look at me.

Jade says, "Go on."

"So he offers me it and I do it myself. He pays me and gives me numbers of other clients. It wasn't only the money but it was favours. It means that if I get into trouble then I have contacts, high up contacts."

James steps closer to me, "so you killed him."

"yes I did but not before digging deeper into his history. He killed his girlfriend and unborn child. He abused women and children. He also....."

James says, "what?"

"Sexually abused girls. young girls, early teens. It gave me the biggest insentive to kill him."

They all look at me, Sherlock says, "you were sexually abused."

I nod. "When I was about 9, some of the older boys did. When I was 12, a boy about.... 16 abused me. 14 was when I lost it. A guy and his friends thought it would be funny to."

James says, "that's when you first killed."

"At the time I didn't mean to kill him. I was so angry and smashed him head into the wall and beat him. His friends became my first workers. My network started. There now you know."

They all stay silent. Jade comes over and hugs me. I pull my emotion in and try to control it. John says, "so that's why you don't get attached?"

"yeah, don't want someone to do the same things. I don't trust anyone. At first people did as I told them because they were terrified then they started respecting me as I taught them the easiest ways to steal food to survive. When I got my first million, I only took half and the rest was split between the homeless area I was in. Many people joined me after that."

James and Sherlock both stare at me. John hugs me before saying, "so you don't know who your parents are?"

"nope. A women and he son, who was older than me. They looked after me until she died and he went to a drug house out of depression. So back to the point, Matthew is to be left alone."

James says, "if you insist." This takes them all by surprise but me. He smiles, "I'm glad someone else killed him, other than him."

"okay then, you can leave now." James comes over to me.

He whispers, "I will see you soon, love." He goes to kiss me but I push him away.

"after this, none of you will be able to see me again. I can't....." I stop.

Sherlock says, "you can't what?"

"Can't be around either of you anymore and that also means you two as well as Seb."

Sherlock and James both asks, "why?"

"I just can't."

John says, "you need to give us a reason."

Jade says, "leave her alone." They ignore her. They both step towards me. I do the only thing I can think off and run, I grab my bag on the way and down to my boat. I get on and go off.

I need a plan. I move the boat out and into the view of them and start.

Third Persons POV

They all rush out to see the boat going out. They all watch the boat and start to move back in when an explosion occurs.

John says, "Sherlock, its the boat." They all move forwards to see the boat debris floating.

The three of them move forwards and Parsons goes off to call the authorities.

Sherlock turns and says, "His gone."

John says, "you don't think that he has feelings for Amy, do you?"

Jade says, "he clearly does and this may make things worse."

Sherlock nods, "He does and this will send him over the edge. His going to make this game of ours move quicker."

*

They ended the trip early and arrive back home the next day. Sherlock and Moriarty's game is going to end sooner that they thought.