Two Doctors and a Genetic Experiment

Chapter Two

"So what's your name?" Pinky Carruthers asked their male guest.

"The Doctor," he answered.

"Doctor who?" Lady Gillette asked seriously and a bit skeptically.

The Doctor and Rose held in their amused laughter. "Just the Doctor."

"No name?" Red River Daddy tried.

"That is my name."

Red River Daddy chuckled. "I know we got some bizarre names around her- but not quite as odd as just, The Doctor."

The three Hong Kong Cavaliers rushed as they walked through the Institute. Their two guests followed them, going as quickly as they possibly could. Those of the Banzai Institute tried to learn a bit more about their two mysterious visitors as they made their way to the offices, but so far, nothing was working all too well. So with that, the three Cavaliers had contacted their boss and friend, explained all that they knew, and were now on the way to meet him.

"What kind of odd names?" Rose asked curiously.

"Mine's Pinky Carruthers," Pinky answered neutrally.

"Why do they call you that?"

He gestured to his outfit- all in pink and white- and shrugged. "I like pink. Anyway. Then we got Red River Daddy and Lady Gillette over here. Rawhide, Pecos, Big Norse, Reno Nevada, Perfect Tommy, New Jersey, Rainy Day, Calico, Appaloosa, Rug Sucker, Flyboy-"

"The only normal names I can come up with are Mrs. Johnson, Penny Priddy, and Billy Travers," Lady Gillette shrugged, "Excluding Buckaroo and Jersey's real name."

"These are all nicknames?" the Doctor asked.

Red River Daddy nodded. "Pretty much, yeah," he confirmed, "You gotta realize that most of the people here were looking for something better in life than what they had. They wanted to start over. For that, most people here chose a new name to go by, almost like a stage name, and that's what they're called. We never really go deep into past lives unless someone wants to- or gets too hammered and just rambles."

"And this works?"

Lady Gillette moved an open hand side to side in the air. "We have to admit, every once in a while, we'll get someone with bad intentions. Or someone who eventually turns against us."

Rose gave a strange look. "Why do they turn?"

"Few different reasons. It's usually all rooted to one thing: greed. Maybe they want more power. More money. Anything."

"We don't have a lot of spare money around here," Pinky answered honestly, "A lot of the money we get is from funding, or royalties from our music and merchandise and comics. But even then, the money that we get from it goes toward recording sessions, bills, and funding for experiments and research. That's one of the things special about this Institute. A lot of times, people lose funding for an experiment- what we do is that we don't cut it, and sometimes we pick it up for other scientists and science institutes. For that, we don't have a lot of spare money."

"Both residents and interns do get a pay. Mostly for necessities like hygiene and clothes and stuff like that. But it's still not a lot," Red River Daddy continued.

"Usually, the World Crime League offers our residents and interns more money than we ever could," Lady Gillette shrugged sadly, "And then they leave."

Before the two guests could ask anything else, the group of five reached the office of Buckaroo Banzai. They knocked on the door of the room three times, then opened it after hearing an allowance of entry from the inside. Pinky walked into the room first, then ushered in the Doctor and Rose Tyler, and Red River Daddy and Lady Gillette followed in last. Mrs. Eunice Johnson stood at the desk, alongside of Sidney "New Jersey" Zweibel, Rawhide and Buckaroo Banzai himself. The four looked up and walked toward the five who had entered the office.

Buckaroo walked up to his two guests. "You must be the Doctor and Rose Tyler," he guessed aloud.

The Doctor smiled and held out his hand in friendly greeting. "Yes, I'm the Doctor," he said and then motioned to the blonde next to him, "And this is my companion, Rose Tyler."

Rose gave an awkward smile and wave. "Hi," she greeted timidly.

The Doctor smiled again and kept his hand outstretched. "Pleasure to meet you, sir."

Buckaroo accepted his hand with a small smile of his own and a brief bow. "Pleasure's all mine. I'm Dr. Buckaroo Banzai, and I want to personally welcome you two to the Banzai Institute."

"Thank you, Dr. Banzai- but there's something going and I need to talk with you about it."

With that, Buckaroo requested that Lady Gillette, Red River Daddy, Pinky Carruthers, Mrs. Johnson and New Jersey to go out into the hall briefly. The group nodded and agreed, then left the office to go out to the hallway outside the office. The only two that were permitted to stay was Rose and Rawhide.

Buckaroo leaned slightly against the front of his desk. "So," he began, cleared his throat, and crossed his arms over his chest, "What brings you two here?"

The Doctor looked at Rose, who have a light nod and a shrug, then looked back to his host. "Please realize anything I tell you might be a bit bizarre," he warned.

"Bizarre would be an improvement," Rawhide commented.

"I'm sorry?" Rose asked in a confused tone.

Buckaroo nodded. "I would go into it, but I feel as though you wouldn't believe us."

"Try us."

Buckaroo paused for a moment. "Just this past year, Lectroids came from Planet Ten by way of the Eighth dimension in search of something I can't tell you about."

The Doctor gave an annoyed look. "Geez, aren't Lectroids one of the most annoying creatures to ever exist in the galaxy?"

Rawhide and Buckaroo shared a surprised look. "I," Buckaroo stuttered, "I would imagine so. How do you know what a Lectroid is?"

"I'll explain later. We're getting off topic."

Buckaroo held up a hand. "My apologies. You told my colleagues that you had to see me because, as they said you put it, it was a matter of life and death."

"Yes."

"Who's?"

"Yours, Dr. Banzai."

Rawhide's eyes widened at those words. "What?!" he burst out in surprise.

-/-/-

Perfect Tommy typed in his code and opened the door that led into the laboratory he chose to enter. Once inside, he turned around and shut the door behind him. He then turned back around to the second door, typed in the second code, then went through it and closed the door behind him once more. He walked through the lab, greeting a few of the interns and residents as he did.

Reaching the filing cabinets of the main office area of the lab, Perfect Tommy began to search for the files with information about the new fuel system that the Institute was working on. After locating the files with his research and hypothesis', he started back toward the exit of the lab.

But he stopped when he heard a muffled banging coming from the other side of the locked testing and experimentation room that now sat behind him.

Perfect Tommy froze in his spot. He then set his file back in its place in the cabinet for safe keeping, then slowly turned around to face the experimentation room. He brought his hand to his waist, keeping his hand close to his gun. He walked slowly to the door, keeping his distance as best as he could. He said a silent prayer, opened the door and drew his gun.

Nothing came at him.

Perfect Tommy heard the rattling of metal and saw the shadows of cages all around the room. What the hell is going on in here? He thought. Looking closer at the cages of the dark room, a bit afraid to turn on the lights, he saw morphed but moving figures. They looked like they had the body structures and frames of humans, but also saw the kinds of different animals. God in Heaven above, he thought again. He quickly took out his Go-Phone as he exit the lab and closed the door behind him, but remained as guard to the lab. "Hey, Buck?" he greeted.

"Tommy" Buckaroo greeted, "Where are you?"

"The experimentation lab in the East Wing laboratories. Buck, I think there's something in here you really need to see."

"What is it?"

"I don't really know…"

"I'll be right there."

-/-/-

Buckaroo, Rawhide, Mrs. Johnson, Red River Daddy, New Jersey, Pinky Carruthers, Lady Gillette, the Doctor and Rose all ran to the East Wing labs. Perfect Tommy paced in front of the closed and locked testing room, his hands crossed behind his back.

"Better get rid of that worried expression you're advertising there, Tommy," Red River Daddy commented as they approached, "You'll get lines all over your face."

Perfect Tommy's eyes widened as he turned to face the group. "Seriously?!" he questioned nervously.

"Don't worry, Tommy, you're too perfect to get lines," Buckaroo reassured the younger man with an amused smile.

Lady Gillette turned to their two guests. "And this is the Institute pretty boy, Perfect Tommy," she introduced, "Tommy, this is the Doctor, and his friend, Rose Tyler."

Perfect Tommy walked up to Rose first. "Rose. Beautiful name you got there."

Rawhide rolled his eyes. "Now's not the time to be flirting, Tommy."

The Doctor nodded. "Besides," he began and let out a brief breath, "You're a bit too old for her. Trust me."

Before anything else could be said to damage the younger man's ego a bit more, Buckaroo turned to his younger friend. "What'd you want to show us, Tommy?"

Perfect Tommy gazed once more over their two guests, then to his boss and friend. "Ok," he began to explain, "So I came in here to get the files on my research and theories for the new fuel system we've been working on. I find it, and I begin to turn to head outta here. But as I'm about to head out the door, I hear this banging and clanging coming from the other side of that door." He pointed to the entrance of the experimentation lab. "Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but- there's no current reserved testing time in there, right, Buck?"

Buckaroo shook his head. "No one was scheduled, no one reserved it, and nothing was approved," he confirmed, "Why?"

"Cause someone's got something going on in there, and if nothing was scheduled or reported, they obviously didn't want us to know about it anytime soon."

-/-/-

Buckaroo Banzai, Mrs. Eunice Johsnon, New Jersey, Rawhide, Lady Gillette, Red River Daddy, Pinky Carruthers, Rose Tyler and the Doctor all followed Perfect Tommy into the experimentation lab in question. This time, they turned on the lights of the room to get a better look at what was inside. There were more cages than the youngest man had expected. There were a few creatures in each cage. The creatures all sat or stood silently, practically unmoving. They all had human bodies for a frame, but those were overpowered by multiple animal like features.

Rose stuck close to the Doctor. Mrs. Johnson hid behind Pinky. Lady Gillette's mouth hung ajar, but she made sure to stay between Red River and Perfect Tommy. Rawhide turned his head away. New Jersey stood motionless in observation and shock. Buckaroo slowly moved forward toward each cage.

In certain cases- most cases- it was very hard to fill Buckaroo Banzai with anger and rage. He tried to be as calm and understanding as possible at all times, trying to remain in control of his actions and emotions at every moment of every day. But there were those times that he was human too, and he felt anger rise in him- and this was one of those times.

"Buckaroo," New Jersey began hesitantly, "This all- whatever it is- matches this stuff that I found in the files and notebooks with Sunshine's handwriting that was hidden."

Buckaroo stopped walking, paused for a moment, then turned around. His face was too calm and his friends all knew that. "The deuce you say…"

This story may or may not be continued.