Mycroft Holmes | Sherlock (BBC) | That Bar Place

[mm_z]

Mycroft is not happy today. This is mostly because he found out last night that his oldest son had done something as pig-headed as start a fight with another boy over something entirely pointless

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[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy does come in, sooner or later.

He spots Mycroft and wanders over.

[not_yourproblem]

"Dr Sandhu," Mycroft says, putting on his terribly pleasant smile. "Please. Have a seat."

Oh, look. The table is set for tea for two.

[guppy_sandhu]

"Mr Holmes." Guppy does so, with a nod. It's rather a grim if not impolite nod at the moment.

Fry has advised him not to take the tea.

"Thank you. I take it you've been told about the incident the other night."

[not_yourproblem]

Mycroft drinks some of the tea. Most people refuse the tea. He's used to that.

"Yes," he says. "That rather unfortunate incident was exactly what I was hoping to discuss, actually. It's a good thing my brother was nearby; I shan't want to think what might have happened otherwise."

[guppy_sandhu]

"I'm sorry about that." Guppy says. "But I'm sure Fry wouldn't have done him any great damage. He's not allowed to fight people who are weaker than him unless to defend himself, and he's supposed to use minimal force.

I don't know whether you were told, but I had to take Fry to Casualty to have his knee x-rayed. It's not broken, but he's going to be in a splint and on crutches for several weeks."

[not_yourproblem]

Mycroft's expression darkens.

"I hadn't heard that, no," he says. "Sherlock had mentioned a bit of ice and a bloodied nose, but nothing requiring an x-ray. I'm afraid that's simply unacceptable."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Yeah, it is." Guppy says. "I'm prepared to accept that it was provoked. But do you think Jackson intended to hurt Fry?"

[not_yourproblem]

"Intention or not, I can assure you that it will not be tolerated," Mycroft says.

It may be the first thing he's said that hasn't sounded like a complete fabrication.

"There are far more diplomatic methods of resolving conflict, after all."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Well I'm glad you'll be doing something about it." Guppy says. "Though personally I take more of a dim view of fights if there was intention to cause significant injury."

Leaning back slightly, continuing to ignore the tea.

"Fry was very worried that your son was involved in some form of cyberterrorism. Kept going on about some computer program he thought would crash planes and interfere with hospital computers. He also said he was threatened with the virus being sent to his own email address. But he confessed to turning off the laptop, and hitting Jackson in the groin when he tried to kick him while he was down. He has been punished for that part."

[not_yourproblem]

"Knowing now that there was significant injury caused, I think a reassessment of the boy's punishment will need to take place," Mycroft assures.

He does smile lightly, though.

"He does like to indulge in these fantasies of his. There have been no crashed planes or disrupted hospital systems."

And if there were, there would be significant hell to pay.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy nods.

"Then I'm sorry about the trouble caused. If he was joking about releasing a virus, Fry probably wouldn't have been able to pick up on that. I'll be sure to explain to him that he was just pretending."

[not_yourproblem]

"Good," Mycroft says. "It's nice to know that we're both on the same page about these matters."

He drinks some more tea. Really, it's quite tasty.

[guppy_sandhu]

"Yes..." Guppy says.

Hm, this feels like an end to the subject, but he somehow feels he lost control of the conversation. He gets up.

"Well I won't keep you. If there's any more problems, feel free to leave me a note, but Fry's generally quite open about these things."

[not_yourproblem]

Yeah, Mycroft's good at taking over conversations like that.

"Before you go," Mycroft says, looking at his pocket watch. "How long did the doctors say young Fry should remain on the crutches?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"Could be up to six weeks." Guppy says. "He's not very happy because he's going to miss a wall-climbing event at school. But his mum's a physiotherapist, so we might be able to get him moving a bit sooner."

[not_yourproblem]

"That's a shame," Mycroft say. "Let's hope for his sake that it's sooner, rather than later."