A New Mystery at 221 Baker Street

Chapter 43: The Fall

Episode Transcript provided by Ariane DeVere/Callie Sullivan

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Alice sprinted through the streets of London. She had received a call from John saying that Mrs. Hudson was injured. To her relief, she found out that the report was a fake and probably the work of Moriarty. "John? Look you need to get back to Bart's. I was just talking with Mrs. H and she's fine. Meet me at Bart's, now!" Alice said into her phone, leaving a message for John.

This is it, the fall. Alice thought as she ran to St. Bart's Hospital.

"Sebastian," Alice breathed out when she saw Moriarty's sidekick at the entrance to the hospital. She noticed the sniper's rifle at his side.

"Miss. Alice, you are wanted upstairs," Sebastian said as he held out his hand for her to take.

"It's time, isn't it?"

"Yes,"

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Sherlock found Moriarty on the rooftop dressed in his typical suit and overcoat. the Bee Gee's song from earlier played on his phone.

"Here we are at last- you and me, Sherlock, and our problem- the final problem," Moriarty said as he held up his phone higher. "Stayin' alive! It's so boring, isn't it?" He angrily turned off the music. "All my life I've been searching for distractions. You were the best distraction and now I don't even have you. Because I've beaten you. And what's worse is that it was easy. You're ordinary just like all of them. At least Alice is still entertaining," Moriarty started to pace slowly around Sherlock. "Did you almost start to wonder if I was real? Did I nearly get you?"

"Richard Brook. Rich Brook in German is Reichen Bach- the case that made my name,"

"Just tryin' to have some fun," Moriarty continued to circle around Sherlock, taking notice of Sherlock's fingers taping out a rhythm. "Good, you got that too,"

"Beats like digits. Every beat is a one; every rest is a zero, binary code. That's why all those assassins tried to save me. It was hidden inside my head,"

"I told all my clients: the last one to Sherlock is a sissy,"

"Yes, but now that it's up here," Sherlock said, pointing to his head, "I can kill Rich Brook and bring back Moriarty,"

Jim looked at him before turning away with a disappointed look on his face. "No, no, no. This is too easy," He turned back to Sherlock, "There is no key, DOOFUS!" he screamed into Sherlock's face. "Those digits are meaningless. You and your brother couldn't possibly believe that a couple of lines of code could actually crash the world? I'm disappointed in you, ordinary Sherlock,"

"But the rhythm..."

"The first movement of Bach's Partita for Violin,"

"But then how did..."

"But how did I break into the Bank, the Tower, and the Prison?" Moriarty smiled at the fact he had bested Sherlock."Of course, you haven't solved it. Let's see if extraordinary Alice has solved it,"

Just then, the stairwell door opened and Alice was forced out onto the roof, Sebastian stood behind her. Moriarty smiled and walked over to her. "Doesn't this bring back memories? Tell him, Alice, tell him how I did it. How I broke into the Bank, the Tower, and Pentonville,"

"You had help. A daylight robbery with willing participants," Alice said as she looked at Jim.

"I knew he'd fall for it," Moriarty smiled and turned to Sherlock, "That's your weakness- you always want everything to be clever. Now, shall we finish the game? One final act. Glad you chose a tall building; nice way to do it,"