Later, Moriarty is seen outside Tower of London dressed as an ordinary

civilian, and after walking into the room where the Crown Jewels are
kept, he then puts on his earphones and begins listening to Rossini's "A
Thieving Magpie." Taking out his Droid Incredible S, Moriarty presses a
button bearing the emblem of the Crown of England. From there, it is
shown that the Bank of England, Pentoville Prison, and the Tower of
London's security systems have all been breached at the same time. As
London's police force, including Lestrade and Sally Donovan, drive
hastily to the scenes, the alarm in the room begins to activate, and as
the nearby guards tell everyone to leave, the whole of the room is
emptied of visitors and guards. As the door closes, a guard asks
Moriarty to leave but before he can speak, Moriarty sprays a canister of
sleeping gas at him. Smashing the glass case around the Crown Jewels,
he dressed in them and waited for the police to take him into custody,
being found not guilty after the jury are extorted by him. Moriarty paid
Sherlock a visit after to plant a false clue in his mind and assured him
nothing was over yet, before leaving.

Later, Sherlock and John investigate the disappearance of two children

of a U.S. ambassador from a private school in London. It is revealed that
the day the kids disappeared was the same day the school term ended.
So, with numerous parents and children surrounding the school, it was
incredibly easy for Moriarty's man to blend in with the crowd, become
unnoticeable and enter the school. Waiting until nightfall, the kidnapper
walked towards the room where the children slept, armed with a gun. As
a result of spending the majority of his school life in private education,
the boy had become acquainted with all the shadows of all the people
who passed the door, leaving a clue behind for the police. After grabbing
hold of the two children, Moriarty's man held them at gunpoint and led
them out of the school. From there, he transported them to an
abandoned warehouse in Addlestone. The kidnapper then locked the
terrified children in a cage in a cold, dark room. The cage was filled with
hundreds of sweets. The wrappers of the sweets were lined with a
deadly poison (mercury) that was gradually killing the children.

Moriarty had traumatised the girl, so upon meeting Sherlock, she would
scream and become terrified of him, which was meant to convince DI
Lestrade that Sherlock was the potential kidnapper. Lestrade was then
ordered by his superior to arrest Sherlock for kidnapping and John for
punching Lestrade's superior in the face. After escaping from the police,
Sherlock and John were now fugitives. After Sherlock and John break
into the house of a journalist, they discover Moriarty. Seemingly terrified
and shaking with fear, he tells Sherlock and John to keep away from him
and begs John not to hurt him.

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Whilst posing as Richard Brook.

Reporter Kitty Reilly states that there never has been a man named
James Moriarty and accuses Sherlock of inventing him, as well as all his
crimes as a way of becoming popular with the media and building up a
reputation of himself as a Private Detective. John refused to believe this,
arguing that Moriarty had only recently been on trial for attempted
burglary, and that Moriarty intended to detonate explosives to kill
Sherlock and himself. Reilly countered by saying that Moriarty was
actually an actor named Richard Brook that Sherlock paid to act as a
master villain. Still in denial, John asks to be shown proof, from there
the journalist shows him numerous papers about Richard Brook
including various headshots and an actor's profile. Moriarty then claims
to be playing the role of a storyteller to young children on television.
Sherlock then shouts at Moriarty, demanding him to stop this lie.
Advancing on him, Sherlock and John chase Moriarty as he escapes
through a nearby window.

Later, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Sherlock texts Moriarty, who meets

him on the roof. Sherlock claims that, with the code, he can completely
delete all evidence of Richard Brook from the world. Moriarty says that
there is no code, and the tapping rhythm that he did at Sherlock's flat
was actually the beats to Bach's Partita No. 1. Moriarty said to Sherlock
that his weakness was that he always wants everything to be intelligent
and complex, so then he can solve it and brag about his intellect to
others.
Moriarty explains that for the past 24 hours, he has convinced the
general public that Sherlock Holmes is a fraud and a liar, therefore
making Sherlock's once great reputation completely shattered, and the
only person who still trusted him was John. When asked by Sherlock
how he managed to break into the prison, the bank, and the Tower,
Moriarty replied that he simply bribed security guards to collaborate with
him in his scheme. Moriarty's final plan was to drive Sherlock to the
point where he would commit suicide to escape his shattered life, but as
Sherlock had no wish to do so, Moriarty explained that he'd hired three
assassins, strategically located around London, each one ready to shoot
Sherlock's only three true friends; Lestrade, Mrs Hudson and John. One
was disguised as a police officer outside DI Lestrade's office, another
was disguised as a repairmen inside the Baker Street flat, and the final
one was located in a tower building opposite St. Bart's hospital.

Moriarty is then revealed to know a word that only he could say, that
when spoken, would call off the assassins. Sherlock and Moriarty then
spoke to each other, and Sherlock coldly stated that, although Mycroft
would just lock up Moriarty, he would most likely kill him, and that even
though Sherlock seemed to be a kind person and "on the side of the
Angels", Moriarty should never assume that he is one of them. Sherlock
says that he is willing to do anything to activate the fail-safe. After
acknowledging that he and Sherlock are alike (in the sense that Sherlock
has a dark side), Moriarty realises that as long as he is alive, Sherlock
can activate the fail-safe and save his friends, so he produces a
handgun from his coat pocket and shoots himself in the mouth. [1]