A Crime Against Love

Chapter 18

Alice's heart was racing as she gently lifted Moriarty's hand from her chest,sliding her legs over the edge of the bed

Where were those goddamn keys? She scanned the room for all the possible places it could be,but she felt the bed begin to move very slightly. Before she knew it,she felt a cold hand on her shoulder

"Goodmorning" A sleep Irish voice said behind Alice

"Oh. Morning" She forced a smile and cursed in her mind "Mind if I use the bathroom?"

"Not at all" He yawned "What's mine is yours"

Alice walked over to the en suite,not looking back till she'd locked the door from the inside and splashed ice cold water onto her face

"Bloody hell. What did I do?" She cried into her hands. She'd slept with Moriarty just to get into his room. His room where he kept those FUCKING KEYS!

What if...what if those keys were not use. What if they were keys to a cupboard,not to the door and out the gates. What if she truly was stuck in this hell hole for the rest of her miserable life?

"Darling..." Moriarty called out and Alice cringed "I'll meet you downstairs"

"Okay,I'll be down soon" Alice called cheerily, and ran out the bathroom as soon as Moriarty had left the bedroom

"Right. Its got to be here somewhere" Alice checked all the drawers first. Then the wardrobe. The shelves and under the rugs. All the nooks and crannies of the bedroom. "Where are they!" She whispered in anger

Just as she was about to leave the bedroom and regret the decisions she had made the night before,she looked over at the bed. Slowly,she lifted up the mattress. There. There they were.

Without hesitation,Alive grabbed the keys and stuffed them into the pocket of her robe,tying the sash tightly around the pocket so they wouldn't fall out
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"GERMANY? GERMANY?! WELL THAT NARROWS IT DOWN GRAHAM!" Sherlock yelled, running his fingers through his thick,dark curls

"Well,yeah actually it does! Now you can focus on one country instead of the entiroe globe! Bloody hell!" Lestrade sighed and walked out his office

"Well done. He just gave you the biggest lead yet. At least thank him,for God sake!" John said as he followed Lestrade out the office

Sherlock sighed and ran out yo find Lestrade and John so that they could start their scavenger hunt

"Look! I'm sorry okay! Let's just get on a plane" Sherlock yelled after the two

"Can't you ask your brother for a private jet,cos hell knows it would be a lot faster" John suggests and Sherlock nods,whipping his phone out

"Dear brother of mine...I need another favour..."

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Alice had her head down as she walked down the stairs,concentrating on making sure she didn't drop they keys. She didn't want to keep them in her rooms because it felt safer when they were close to her

As Alice was walking,her head still down,she collided with something stern and tall

"Watch it!" A deep voice yelled

"Ahhhhh!" Alice screamed and at that moment Moriarty ran in from the dining hall

In confusion and horror,Alice ran straight into his arms for protection from this new figure that she'd bumped into

"Calm down,Alice. This is Thomas,one of the guards" Moriarty explained as he stroked Alice's hair

She slowly backed away from him and lifted her head up to make eye contact with Thomas. He was tall,extremely tall,will thick,jet black hair. He was wear wearing his uniform but his strong bone structure and the way he clenched his jaw reminded Alice of Sherlock

"Hello" She said,examining him and his likeness to Sherlock

He didn't reply with words,but instead nodded at her and turned back around so that his back was to the front door that he was guarding

"Come along,Alice. Breakfasts ready" Moriarty said soothingly as he took Alice's hand and lead her away

Throughout breakfast,Alice couldn't help bit think of Thomas. No. Not Thomas.Sherlock. Seeing Thomas has brought it all back. Not that it had ever left,the memories of Sherlock. But they were more vivid now. Much clearer. Oh,how she missed him...

"Is something wrong?" Moriarty asked in his Irish accent that made Alice want to curl up like a snail

"No" She shook her head and forced a smile "I'm not too hungry. I might just go and have a shower" She excused herself and ignored Moriarty's suspicious glares as she walked out the dining hall

"Thomas" Alice called,and Thomas turned to face her

"I'm not allowed to talk to you" Thomas said sternly,adverting his gaze

There was something about him. His innocent expression made him so different to all the other guards. They were so harsh faced,so frightening. Alice wasn't frightened of Thomas though. She was curious

"Please. I..." Alice swallowed her nerves "I just want to talk to you"

"What? What is it?" Thomas answered,looking around scared

"You do know that you're guarding me. You're guarding me from leaving this place" Alice explained,and Thomas shook his head

"Were just security,that's all. This guy is rich as hell. He needs all the security he can get" Thomas assured Alice,but Alice laughed out loud

"Is that what he told you? He kidnapped me. You're guarding me from escaping" Alice smirked "He's lied to you,Thomas"

"That doesn't matter. I shouldn't even be talking to you" He lifter his he'd up and put on a straight face

"Thomas,I have a life. I had a life. A best friend,John. A home,backer street. And I had a boyfriend. I loved him" Alice said,holding back her tears "Love him" She corrected

"I'm sorry,I can't help you" Thomas shook his head

"Sherlock. His name was Sherlock and he's probably going to spend this rest of his life trying to find me but he won't. This place probably isn't even on the map!" Alice cried,and she wiped away her tears with the back of her sleeve "Thomas" She took a deep breath "Help me"

Thomas looked up at her, expressionless

"Please" Alice whispered,taking a step closer "You're different. You're not like the other guards. I think I can trust you" Alice tilted her head "Can I?"

"Alice?!" Moriarty called ad he walked out the dining hall

Alice ran up the stairs,her robe flying behind her. When she got to the top,she looked back. She looked back just for a second and stared right into Thomas' eyes.

He nodded.

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A/N: Oh goodness. I'm sorry I have been away for so long. Lot has been happening in my life and I'm sorry. I hope you can understand and forgive me xx

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