SHERLOCK / DOCTOR WHO (all ages)

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Title: Blue Lamp by Katzedecimal (all ages)
Pairing: none
Length: 11668 words
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Author Website: AO3
Why this must be read:

Fifteen years after she disappeared Mummy reappears when a blue police box materializes in Mycroft's living room. She brings news of Sherlock's imminent death and the devastating chain of events it will put in motion. Is there any hope of changing history?

From the Holmes brothers harsh childhoods to possible futures, Blue Lamp is both heartbreaking and breathtaking.

The warm glow snuffed out abruptly, along with the smile. "I don't know," he said sadly, "I've been asking myself that. I don't know how I missed that it was all a hoax. I should have realised it's impossible, there cannot be a single code that can defeat any security system, but the way things are going technologically..."

"Not yet but ask again in seven years," Lani agreed. Mycroft's eyebrow shot up. "I did do my research," she said, "I'm aware of the current technological state of the Western world and where it's going. He found the perfect bait for you and now we have a lovely mess of fish guts."

"...i'm sorry..."

"Yes I'm sure, doesn't really move us forward much though, does it." Lani raked her hands through her hair and looked at him, "I came here for a reason, Number One. I need your help."

"To fix this?"

Silence stretched out. Lani pressed her lips in a thin line and chewed them. Finally she blew out a gusty sigh. "It can't be fixed, Mycroft. There's no way of stopping this. Moriarty is going to force Sherlock to commit suicide. Sherlock is going to die."

Mycroft looked away. "...All people die," he whispered his mantra, "Even little brothers."

"They don't all take the rest of Britain with them."

"What?"

"Sherlock's death is the first domino in a series of deaths and events that will eventually contribute to the fall of England."

Blue Lamp