Ooh, you evil cliffhanger woman you! *g*

Lovely chapter and I also liked John being competent and clever. I agree with you about Martin's Watson. It always pissed me off in the old Sherlock Holmes movies that Watson was so often portrayed as a bumbling fool. The man was a doctor and a soldier, for goodness sake and wasn't written as an idiot in the stories.

I am so happy that you are continuing with this! :)