Guard Me Sherlock: Sherlock Holmes Route

Rescued

TIMESKIP-NEXT DAY, MEANWHILE WITH ELENA...

I woke up cuffed to the metal chair even though I fell asleep in the empty room. "Yeah moving you when you're unconscious is just easier. What new joys await me today?" Yesterday his chemicals made my body temperature drop and rise and caused my body to convulse repeatedly. None of which were pleasant. Once again, my struggles proved useless against the metal cuffs trapping me. He injected a new liquid into my system and I closed my eyes, waiting for the unpleasant moment to come. A few minutes passed. "I'll be back"

(Huh? Nothing's happening?)

I opened my eyes feeling confused. The door opened and my eyes widened. "Sherlock...?" His eyes widened when I called his name.
"What?"
"You came for me!"
"I see..." A smirk appeared on Sherlock's face.

(Sherlock?)

He approached me with a whip in his hands. "W-what are you doing?!" My feeling of relief was replaced by a feeling of dread.
"Something I should've done a long time ago" He raised the whip and just before it connected with my skin...

"Ahh!" My eyes snapped open to the empty room.

(What a horrible dream...it was probably because of something he injected me with)

I really hoped Sherlock was coming for me, I don't know how long it is until he decided he wanted to kill me. The door opened slowly and someone I wasn't expecting walked in. "Stillman!? What are you doing here?!"
"To rescue you of course" He kneeled down and started picking the cuffs lock.
"Why would you want to rescue me? You've nearly killed me more times than one"
"James, Sherlock and John are the ones who want to save you. Sebastian and I are just following James' orders"
"Sherlock and John are here?!"
"They're currently searching through different areas looking for you" The lock clicked and I was freed from the handcuffs. Jack got a walkie talkie out and told everyone he had found me and to meet up at the rendezvous point. "You look sexy by the way"
"Stop being a pervert and let's go!" He told someone to find my original clothes as I followed him to wherever he was taking me, being sure to avoid the members of Serpentine. He took me to the basement level of the house. My eyes widened when I saw Sherlock standing there. Hearing Jack tell me he was here was great but actually seeing him, the feeling was indescribable. I ran right into his arms. "Sherlock I missed you so much!"
"I missed you too Elena"
"What a touching reunion" Jack smirked as he spoke.
"It was until you ruined it. Where's John?"
"I told him to find her outfit"
"Why the need? She looks extremely hot in what she is wearing now" James commented.
"Keep your eyes off my girlfriend" Sherlock's embrace around me tightened.
"Last I checked it was a free country, I can look where I like" Before it could turn into a full scale argument, John came down the stairs with my clothes, shoes and bells in his arms.
"Elena! Glad to see you're okay"
"Thanks John" I gave him a quick hug before taking my clothes and changing behind a large stack of boxes.

(It feels great to be in my own clothes again)

I rejoined everyone and we came up with a plan to get back to the car. We were to go up in groups of two. James and Moran went first and told us with the walkie talkie when they made it to the car. John and Stillman went next and we waited for our turn to go. "I never thought you'd team up with Moriarty"
"Desperate times call for desperate measures. I had no hope of finding you without him" Sherlock's walkie talkie went off and I followed Sherlock up the stairs. We had no trouble getting to the exit. My feet stopped when I remembered the collar around my neck. "What's wrong Elena?"
"I can't leave..."
"Why not?"
"This collar will shock me if I take one step outside the house"
"Then we find the keys" He told everyone what we were doing before throwing his walkie talkie outside. I looked at him confused. "Reduces the chances of us getting caught"
"Where are we going?"
"My guess is that the keys are in his office"
"But what if he's in his office?"
"We improvise"
"You mean to tell me that you don't have a plan!? You always have a plan!"
"It doesn't matter whether I have a plan or not because you're my girlfriend, I want to keep you safe. I'm going to protect you no matter what happens next, both now and in the future. So there's no need to be afraid"
"Sherlock..." I hugged him tightly. "Thank you"
"You're welcome" We snuck around for a few more minutes before coming to a stop in front of a certain door. "This is his office according to Moriary. Are you ready?" I nodded and he pushed the door open. To our luck, he wasn't there. It took us a few minutes but we eventually found the key. "Okay let's go"
"Right" We opened the door but it seemed like our luck had run out. He stood across the hallway with a group of his men.
"Get them!"
"This way!" Sherlock grabbed my wrist and ran away. We were running for quite some time but we couldn't lose them.
"Ahh!!" I tripped up.
"Elena!" Sherlock helped me up. "Are you okay?"
"Physically yes but I don't think I can keep this up" We got up and Sherlock pulled me into a room.
"Good thing we wouldn't have lost them if we had kept on running" We both sat in the corner of the room.

(I'm so scared...what will he do if he catches us?)

"Are you frightened?" Sherlock held me close to him and kissed me gently on my forehead.
"I-I'll be fine..." The sound of footsteps rushing outside reached my ears.
"We have to find 'em! The boss said to kill 'em as soon as we capture 'em! We can't let 'em escape!" Hearing those words made me tremble in Sherlock's arms and tighten my arms around my knees.
"You'll be okay Elena. You aren't alone in this. I'm right here by your side and I promise to not desert you" He lifted my head up by my chin to make me look into his eyes. "Can you trust me?"
"I'll always trust you Sherlock" He leaned down and his lips met mine. We both stood up but were halted by the sound of footsteps nearing the door.
"Check all the rooms!"

(Oh no, they're going to find us!)

"Quickly, in here!" Sherlock pulled me into a closet and got the door closed just before the door to the room opened. We stood, huddled together and quietened our breathing. "Looks like we hid just in time" Sherlock whispered causing his breath to tickle the side of my head.

(We're so close...it's causing my heartbeat to rise despite the situation...)

My face reddened as my thoughts continued.

(I can't move, let alone back away from him. If I made a wrong movement the men would definitely hear it and find us...but this is such a strange position...)

I was pressed up against Sherlock's chest with only my hands separating us. I could feel Sherlock's heart beating against my hands, it matched mine.

(Well at least I'm not the only one flustered in this situation)

Although it's dark, I could see that his cheeks were red like mine. His warmth surrounded me as we stood squished up against each other. "Do you want to kiss me?"
"What?!" I looked up at Sherlock in shock after he asked this unexpected question. His face was so close to mine that our lips were almost touching. My face turned a darker shade of red as I realised this and I looked down in a panic.
"Despite the situation we find ourselves in, I feel like kissing you. It's making my heart rate increase substantially"
"W-well yes but..."
"But what?"
"We can't kiss now!"
"Why not?"
"B-because there's men right outside!" Even I had to admit that was a lame excuse.
"The door's closed, they can't see us"
"True..."

(Although this wasn't the time for it...I really wanted to kiss Sherlock)

Once again, I looked up at Sherlock and he looked down at me, fixing those deep brown eyes of his on my own bright blue eyes. He closed the small distance remaining between our lips.

(We both know this is the wrong time for this...but then, why does it feel so right?)

My eyes closed as the kiss deepened. When we broke it to breathe, we just stared into each other's eyes affectionately. "We've checked everywhere but the closet" Those words forced us back into reality.

(We can't escape, they're going to kill us...!)

Fear filled me as they neared the closet door. Sherlock's arms wrapped around my back and held onto me tightly. "I told you I'm going to protect you, I promise you I won't allow them to hurt you" Sherlock whispered as I trembled in his arms. Suddenly the door to the room opened.
"The boss wants us to look in the west side of the building, he already found a brown haired man who that actress knows"

(John!)

"Roger" Footsteps retreated and the door clicked closed. We quickly exited the closet and the look on Sherlock's face told me that he was thinking the same thing I was.
"We've got to save him!"
"Well no one else will so it seems that that job has fallen to us"
"Can't you just admit you want to save him?"
"I can't live without my assistant" He smirked. I rolled my eyes before we exited the room and ran towards the west side of the building.

DISCLAIMER:Some lines or scenes MAY have been taken and adapted from the games. THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO ALL CHAPTERS!!!