Triple Threat

Familial Clientele

John was not happy that Sherlock chose Mycroft and Michiko's date night to play his "little" game with his brother what was worse was that Michiko was now angry with them and for good reason but she did keep her promise he was shocked when she bit her own mothers head off after Mrs. Hudson says "you have to sit in the chair they won't talk to you unless you sit in the chair, it's the rules"  Michiko replies with a slightly harsh bite "mom I will take care of my husband! he will sit if he wishes to sit and if they wish to know what they started this shit for they will do what is required of them no matter what he chooses to do!"  then she says in a softer yet not kinder tone as she turns her head and stares at her mother who was leaning up against the doorframe of the living room "why don't you go watch over your grandchildren!?"  Mrs. Hudson's eyes widen for her daughter has never spoken to her in such a way as a matter of fact her daughter was usually the one who stood up for her no matter what and she scurries down the stairs even Sherlock was surprised that Michiko spoke to her mother that way Mycroft on the other hand smiles Michiko turns and faces her husband then says softly "I'll go make some tea"  she kisses his cheek then heads into the kitchen Mycroft walks around the chair he was standing behind then sits down Michiko smirks at the sound of his soft footfalls moving around the chair "so, what happens now? are you going to make deductions?"  Mycroft asks his brother who replies "you're going to tell the truth, Mycroft pure and simple"  Mycroft asks "who was it said, "the truth is rarely pure and never simple"?"  Sherlock replies "I don't know and I don't care so, there were three of us, I know that now you, me and Eurus a sister I can't remember interesting name, Eurus it's Greek, isn't it?"  John says "hm yeah, literally, the God of the East Wind"  Mycroft replies "yes"  Sherlock says ".. "the east wind is coming, Sherlock" you used that to scare me"  Mycroft replies "no"  Sherlock says "you turned my sister into a ghost story"  Mycroft replies "of course I didn't I monitored you"  John asks "you what?"  Mycroft says as his wife walks in with the tea tray and sets it down on the desk beside him "if there's anything the women we love and care about have taught us about memories it's that they can resurface wounds can reopen the roads we walk have demons beneath"  he looks at Sherlock and says "and yours have been waiting for a very long time I never bullied you I used, at discreet intervals, potential trigger words to update myself as to your mental condition I was looking after you"  Sherlock asks "why can't I remember her?"  Michiko whispers into her husbands ear as she massages his shoulders "leave him be!"  he looks up at her "whether you like it or not the doctor is family!"  she says John smiles at her then asks Mycroft "so there were three Holmes kids what was the age gap?"  Mycroft replies "seven years between myself and Sherlock, one year between Sherlock and Eurus"  John says "middle child explains a lot"  Michiko chuckles softly just then Mychael and Quanyin rush into the room and make themselves at home on their fathers lap.... after giving their mother a hug.... Jecoliah who followed them in smiles at the ones who were already in the room then walks over to her fiancée and cups her hands over his shoulders Sherlock looks up at her and smiles and she kisses his lips "you realize I'm the smart one?"  Mycroft says looking at John "as you never cease to announce"  Sherlock replies Michiko chuckles Mycroft looks up at her and she kisses his lips which makes him smile then he turns his attention to his brother and says "but Eurus, she was incandescent, even then our abilities were professionally assessed more than once I was remarkable, but Eurus was described as an era-defining genius beyond Newton"  Sherlock asks "then why don't I remember her?"  Mycroft replies "you do remember her, in a way every choice you ever made, every path you've ever taken, the man you are today.... is your memory of Eurus she was different from the beginning she knew things she should never have known as if she was somehow aware of truths beyond the normal scope"  John asks "what's wrong?"  Mycroft replies "sorry the memories are disturbing"  Sherlock asks "what do you mean? examples"  Mycroft looks down at his children and finds them sleeping he smiles and combs his fingers through their hair then says "they found her with a knife once she seemed to be cutting herself mother and Father were terrified they thought it was a suicide attempt but when I asked Eurus what she was doing, she said "I wanted to see how my muscles worked".."  John says softly "Jesus!"  Mycroft says "so I asked her if she felt pain, and she said "which one's pain?".."  Sherlock asks "then what happened?"  Mycroft replies "Musgrave the ancestral home, where there was always honey for tea and Sherlock played among the funny gravestones"  John asks "funny how?"  Mycroft replies "they weren't real the dates were all wrong an architectural joke which fascinated Sherlock"  Sherlock whispers softly "help succor me now the.... East winds blow 16 by 6"  Mycroft says softly "and under we go you're starting to remember"  Sherlock replies "fragments Redbeard"  John asks "Redbeard?"  Sherlock replies "he was my dog"  Mycroft says "Eurus took Redbeard and locked him up somewhere no-one could find him and she refused to say where he was she'd only repeat that song her little ritual we begged and begged her to tell us where he was but she said "the song is the answer" but the song made no sense"  Sherlock asks "what happened to Redbeard?"  Mycroft replies "we never found him but she started calling him Drowned Redbeard, so we made our assumptions Sherlock was traumatized natural, I suppose he was, in the early days, an emotional child but after that, he was different so changed never spoke of it again in time, he seemed to forget that Eurus had ever even existed"  John asks "how could he forget? she was living in the same house"  Mycroft replies "no they took her away"  John asks "why? you don't lock up a child because a dog goes missing"  Mycroft replies "quite so it was what happened immediately afterwards when she burned down the ancestral home"  Sherlock asks "where?"  Mycroft replies "oh, some suitable place, or so everyone thought not suitable enough, however she died there"  John asks "how?"  Mycroft replies "she started another fire one which she did not survive"  Sherlock says "this is a lie"  Mycroft replies "yes it is also a kindness this is the story I told our parents to spare them further pain, and to account for the absence of an identifiable body"  Sherlock says "and no doubt to prevent their further interference"  Mycroft replies "well, that, too, of course the depth of Eurus's psychosis and the extent of her abilities couldn't hope to be contained in any ordinary institution Uncle Rudi took care of things"  Sherlock asks "where is she, Mycroft? where's our sister?"  Mycroft replies "there's a place called Sherrinford an island it's a secure and very secret installation whose sole purpose is to contain what we call the uncontainables"  John asks "the demons beneath the road?"  Mycroft replies "this is where we trap them Sherrinford is more than a prison, or an asylum it is a fortress, built to keep the rest of the world safe from what is inside it heaven may be a fantasy for the credulous and the afraid but I can give you a map reference for hell that's where our sister has been since early childhood she hasn't left, not for a single day whoever you both met, it can't have been her"  Michiko whispers softly "I wouldn't be so sure!"  Mycroft looks up at her "people are far too simple many can be bought others threatened some both or even promised power beyond their wildest dreams!"  she tells him "and it would explain the twins that aren't twins"  Jecoliah adds both Sherlock and Mycroft look at her "I may have sent your brother a picture of both your "disappearing" nonexistent client and John's therapist I never met the other one so....!"  she tells Sherlock who smiles Mycroft looks at her oddly she shakes her head and he nods in reply for he understood that "the other one" was a private matter "you do realize that it's your blog and the fact that you're always seen in pictures with him in the newspapers that caught her attention"  Jecoliah tells John who chuckles a soft ironic chuckle his eyes widen when he realizes she was also in almost every photo in the newspaper "oh I'll be fine! after all I'm just the assistant and you've been very careful to leave me out of your blog so I'm not AS important as you are, in her eyes I'm more of a tool than a toy.... the fact that I let it slip that I call him by his first name may change that then again I am different so maybe not and I doubt she realized that I wear a ring nowadays but that could have been given to me by anybody.... though if you follow the old cliché about men and their assistants and or secretaries I just might be in trouble!"  she tells him he chuckles at her ending tease....