MARIA - A Sherlock Fanfic

Waiting

The call from Mycroft came a little later. Sherlock decided to withhold most of the information he’d discovered – including the call claiming to be from Maria. Mycroft could figure it out himself. After the call, Sherlock had time to think over ‘Maria’s’ call.  A game, she called it. Another thing she has in common with Moriarty then. But to be so obvious in it…Maybe she has no connection to him after all. He frowned. She offered him a prize. A question. He had wasted it, he realised now. He would be prepared next time. Next time. She had told him there would be a next time. Another crime then. How soon? It would, assuredly, be much harder than her trial run. This next one would also be a murder, he was sure. Her test had been something trivial, next would be something more complicated. And what was more complicated to unravel than a murder, he thought to himself. He looked out the window. Somewhere, out there, Maria was planning her next move. She was going to make this as hard as possible for him. He allowed himself a small smile. I’m waiting.