Partners in Crime

Disclaimer: I do not own Psych or Doctor Who, no matter how much I wish I did.

Note: I do skip some parts of the episodes. This is because what would happen here is pretty much what happened in the episode.


April 5th 2008

"Gus, I don't understand why you dragged me down here" Shawn Spencer complained. The two friends were sitting in an auditorium, surrounded by journalists and scientists hearing about some drug that Shawn wasn't paying much attention to at all. Gus, however, was furiously taking notes, hanging on to every word that Miss Foster was saying.

"This is fascinating stuff, Shawn" Gus argued. "People are losing weight like crazy with these Adipose pills."

"Yeah, well, weight loss pills aren't the only way to go about this" Shawn said, slightly annoyed. "Come on, this is so boring. Can't we go find Lassie and the chief and ask for a case?"

"If you didn't want to be here, why did you even come?"

"That is a good question. One that I refuse to answer surrounded by a bunch of nerds." That just earned Shawn a glare from his best friend.

"Anyways, moving on" Miss Foster said, proceeding with the presentation as if the whole group was paying attention. "As you can see here-"

"Actually, Miss Foster" Gus called out. Shawn stared in horror at his friend. What was he doing? "If you don't mind me asking, there are lots of diet pills out there. What makes this specific brand different? What does it actually do?"

"Well, if you would like the science behind it…" At that point, Shawn zoned out. There was only one reason he was there, only one person he had hoped to meet there, only one word that he constantly thought of. That word was Doctor.

Ever since Shawn turned The Doctor's offer down, he kept wondering, kept dreaming of travelling around the worlds with him. Kept thinking about what it could have been like to save not just families that wanted him, but worlds, species and universes that needed him. It wasn't until Shawn had actually met Gus' ex-wife Mira that he realised just how little he knew about his best friend – let alone the whole universe! And he turned down the chance of a life time to see it all, to experience it all. So he did everything he could to try and find him again. He even resorted (much to Gus' amusement) to looking up conspiracy theories.

Some were just nonsense. Bees flying away, big deal! He ended up spending a whole night in a field watching for bees. What a waste of time. A replica of the Titanic was going to crash into England… as if! But there was one conspiracy theory about Adipose Industries which seemed plausible. Then Gus asked if he wanted to join him in this lecture, and Shawn literally jumped at the opportunity. But now that he was actually in the lecture hall, all he wanted to do was take a good ol' nap.

"Shawn!" Gus called out suddenly. Shawn's eyes flew open and he immediately took in the empty room.

"Huh- Wha?"

"You fell asleep!"

"What?! No I didn't-"

"You almost started snoring, Shawn!"

"I don't snore. I just breathe a little bit more noisily through my nose when I sleep. And besides, every girl I've been with says it's a cute little snore. You're just jealous because you don't have a cute little sleeping habit that makes girls swoon."

"Please. I don't need any weird ass noise to get a girl. I got game."

"Yeah, sure you do. Now, can we please investigate this place?"

"What?! Investigate? Shawn, this isn't a case. This is a lecture!"

"Please! Do you really think I'd come here if I weren't investigating? Come on, son!" Then he stood up and headed out of the lecture hall, on his way to the call service centre where all the employees worked to sell their pills.

"Shawn! Don't you walk away from me, Shawn! SHAWN!"


"Shawn, I helped you interview that employee, I helped you get the customers address list and I even got you that free gold pendant that you wanted" Gus said, ranting. "But I will not go with you to her house and question her. Face it, Shawn. This is just a diet pill. Nothing more, nothing less."

"I don't think so" Shawn said, still set on finding the Doctor.

"Why don't you tell me what this is really about" Gus suggested. "I mean, what's with you and all these conspiracy theories lately? In all the time I've known you, you've never actually taken interest in them. And now you are? What happened?!"

"Nothing happened, Gus. Why would you even think that? I'm just saying there's a lot more going on here that beats the eye."

"I'm not going to stop you from checking up on Stacey. I'm only saying, you're on your own."

"Fair enough."

So Shawn took off without Gus. His friend offered him a ride back to the Psych office so that Shawn could take his bike. Then he could go wherever he wants without having to depend on Gus. That worked out beautifully for them both. And so, with that, Shawn took off towards the first person on the customers list. Stacey Campbell.

He knocked on the door three times and it was immediately opened by a woman who smiled up at him.

"Well, hi there!" she said to him happily.

"Hi, I'm psychic detective Shawn Spencer, this is… oh… right. Um, anyways. I wanted to ask you about the diet pills you've been taking… um, Adipose?" Shawn was amazed at himself of how insecure he sounded without Gus by his side. Stacey didn't seem to notice. In fact, she seemed quite thrilled with how Shawn was acting and she pulled him inside.

"Sure thing! I'm just getting ready for a date, so you'll excuse me if I just running around" she said with a smile.

"Oh, you're going on a date?"

"Yeah. To dump him. I can do better than him now that I've lost all this weight."

"Yeah, tell me about those pills…"

"Well, I started taking them a couple weeks ago and I've already lost 3 stonnes!"

"That is truly amazing." Then, Shawn started to doubt this conspiracy theory. Maybe it was, after all, just a conspiracy theory.

"Do you just mind if I pop to the bathroom? I have to get ready for the date. But uh… maybe afterwards, we could meet up? How 'bout it?"

"Uh… well… I-"

"If the cab comes along, tell them I'm on my way. I'll be right back!"

"No, but I gotta… Stacey!" Shawn sighed and flopped back onto the couch. Now he'd have to wait for the woman to come back out before he could finally leave. He finally concluded that this house was simply a waste of time. He wanted nothing more than to be gone and face the tauntings that would come from his partner. Anything to be away from the uncomfortableness that is Stacey Campbell.

Bored and needing something to fiddle with, Shawn pulled out the necklace that Gus had managed to negotiate for. Tapping his foot and deep in thought, Shawn started to twist the pendant. He just kept twisting it, turning and squeezing and twisting until he heard a scream coming from the bathroom. Shawn shoved the necklace back into his pocket and ran up the stairs.

"Stacey! Stacey, are you okay?!" Shawn called out for her.

"Help me! Oh, God! Help me!" Stacey yelled. Shawn threw himself at the door of the bathroom, trying desperately to open it. And finally the door fell open the exact moment Stacey practically exploded into tens of weird little creatures. Shawn just stared in shock as the little things just walked past him and some jumped out the window.

"What the hell just happened?"


Gus couldn't believe that he actually managed to talk him into it. Somehow, Shawn just convinced him to take him back to Adipose Industries. Gus just didn't want to believe what Shawn had told him. About the woman who exploded into dozens of little creatures. But Shawn promised that if he were proven wrong he would never refer to him as Bud from the Cosby Show and that he would go to the museum and not leave until they fixed the plaque on the Dinosaur that they both discovered. To Gus, it was a win-win situation. Why not?

He learned to expect the unexpected with Shawn, but still. This was pushing it. Not only was it an absurd theory that Shawn had – more absurd than every other theory he had come up with put together – but he also expected to solve it by hiding in the stalls of the bathroom. There they both waited for hours. And Gus complained for every minute of it.

"It's degrading waiting in these stalls!"

"I'm going to cramp up!"

"I need to be liberated, Shawn!"

"I could be on my route!"

"This is a waste of time!"

"Gus, don't be a porcupine in love with a balloon. This is legit! I promise!"

Then, the door of the bathroom opened. This caused both Shawn and Gus to shut up instantly.

"We know you're in here so there's really no point in trying to hide" they both heard Miss Foster call out. Gus and Shawn exchanged a look. "We can either do this the easy way or the hard way."

"Dude, just go out there and face them" Shawn hissed at Gus.

"You must be out of your damn mind!" Gus hissed right back at him.

"Very well" Miss Foster said. "Have it your way." Then they heard the first stall being kicked in.

"Go out there!" Shawn hissed at him again as quietly as he could

"No, Shawn! I refuse to give myself up!" Gus argued in an equally quiet voice.

"Look, if you go then I can find you later and we both get out of this scratch free. If we're both caught, then who's going to save our ass?"

"You go out there then! I'll get Lassie to save us!" the next door was kicked in.

"Gus, you can't involve the cops in this! Not yet! Just get out there!"

"No, Shawn!" Then, he pushed Gus out of the stall. Miss Foster and two guards stared at Gus in shock. Gus debated turning Shawn in as well, but decided against it. If he turned Shawn in, who would save him?

"See, now that wasn't so hard, was it?" Miss Foster asked. Gus didn't say anything. He just stared at the woman in front of him. "Come on, then." Gus was then dragged away, without even checking if there was a second man in the stalls.


The Doctor walked back into Adipose Industries after passing by one of the bluest cars he'd ever seen. Even more blue than his own mode of transportation. The Doctor wasn't one to judge, though, and kept going on his own path. He walked in through the main entrance, flashing his psychic paper at the guards. Then, with the help of his sonic screwdriver, he unlocked the door to the broom closet and hid until closing time.

When closing time finally came, The Doctor emerged from his hiding place. He made his way up the stairs. All the way up. higher and higher, up and up until he was on the roof. He climbed into the window-cleaning cradle. Then, he lowered it down to Miss Foster's office. He gave a quick look inside the office before ducking down. A fairly standard office, really. Desks, papers, research, Miss Foster, guards, a tied up person, books, chair- wait… a tied up person?

"What the hell is that thing?!" the person exclaimed. The Doctor popped his head up and peered into the office again. Sure enough there was a tied up man staring at a little creature stumbling around on the desk. Okay, so not your standard office. The Doctor looked around the office once more only to notice the door and who was behind it.

Shawn Spencer was staring right at him.


Shawn followed the guards as they dragged his best friend along with them. Growing up with a cop for a father gave Shawn lots of advantages. One of them being that he had the very useful skill of following someone without being seen, heard or even slightly noticed. The door closed behind the guards and Shawn popped his head up to see the inside. Just your standard office, really. Nothing special.

Then, the crazy lady started tying up Gus. Shawn stared at her with hate. What the hell was she going to do with him?!

Gus wasn't very happy with the situation either. Being tied up wasn't exactly his favourite situation to be in. Not that he had very much experience with it, thank God.

"Look, I've done a lot of research into this company" Gus started ranting. "And I know your results are faked. All of this is fake!"

"Ah, yes. now I remember you" Miss Foster said. "You were that annoying boy with the sleeping friend at the lecture.

"I didn't know that guy" Gus defended himself. "He just started drooling on me. End of story. Now, why don't we get back to this little scam you got going?" Gus knew that Shawn wasn't going to rescue him unless he got some proof that this whole Adipose Industries was some weird conspiracy theory. So might as well indulge him.

"Well, I don't see why not. You won't be alive much longer, so I might as well give you a sneak peak." The smile on the woman's face was creepy verging on psychotic. "You see, the pills, instead of flushing fat into the bloodstream, they actually bind the fat together to form living creatures. My babies." Gus just stared at her. Okay, no longer verging on psychotic. She's full crazy. But then she pulled out the little white creature and set it on the table. It stumbled around and made weird noises.

"What the hell is that thing?!" Gus asked in fear.

It was at this point that Shawn poked his head up once more to see the inside of the office. And then he noticed him, outside the window staring directly at him.

The Doctor.

They both stared at each other with wide eyes and mouths hanging. He'd done it! Shawn had found the Doctor!

"Doctor!" Shawn mouthed at him.

"Shawn?" The Doctor mouthed back.

"It's me!" Shawn mimed at him. The Doctor nodded.

"Yes, I can see that." Two thumbs up from Shawn.

"Oh, this is great!"

"What are you doing here?"

At this point, Shawn was just making random movements and mouthing impossible words. The Doctor tried to keep up, but none of it was making sense. Walking, monkey, magic 8 ball, explosion… What?

"Am I interrupting you?" Miss Foster asked. The Doctor and Shawn looked in the office again to see that the woman and two guards were staring at them. Gus was staring at Shawn specifically, knowing very well that he should have never trusted him with his rescue.

"Run!" the Doctor yelled, and Shawn did as told.

"After him" Miss Foster demanded. The Doctor locked the door with his screwdriver and suddenly he was zipping up to the roof.

Shawn was running towards the stairs and before he knew it, he was charging up them. It didn't take long for the Doctor and Shawn to finally be reunited again.

"Doctor!" Shawn was finally able to yell.

"Shawn!" the Doctor yelled right back at him. they heard the guards following Shawn and they started to run up the stairs again.

"Just like old times, huh, Doctor?" Shawn joked.

"Just like old times!" The Doctor agreed with a laugh.

"I can't believe I found you!" Shawn exclaimed when they finally arrived on the roof. "Ever since you left, I've been thinking about what it would have been like to travel with you! I've been looking for you for the longest time! I even resorted to checking out conspiracy stories online. There was mostly crap on the sites. Something about bees disappearing and a Titanic Replica crashing into England. But then I saw this thing on Adipose and Gus wanted to go to the lecture, so I figured why not?!"

"So that was Gus, huh?" the Doctor asked. "That bloke tied up in that office?"

"Yep. Don't let the screams fool ya, he's classy."

"Never said he wasn't" the Doctor then climbed back into the cradle. Shawn just followed him in blindly.

"Wait, won't she just be able to pull us back up again?" Shawn asked, as they were going down.

"Not unless she also has a sonic screwdriver. But let's be honest, what are the odds of that?" and then the cradle shook and one of the cables fell off. This lead to the cradle practically tipping over and launching Shawn off the side. Shawn grabbed hold of the only thing he could find and held on for dear life. The Doctor stared down at Shawn in horror.

"Hang on!" The Doctor yelled at Shawn.

"Hey, that's some great advice! I was thinking of not doing that, but now that you say it out loud, it sounds like a great plan!" The Doctor ignored Shawn's sarcasm and pointed his sonic at Miss Foster's hand. Soon enough, her own sonic pen came hurtling towards them and the Doctor only just caught it. He pointed it to the windows and climbed back into the building. "DOCTOR!" Shawn yelled after him. "Crap…" he muttered.

The Doctor ran down the stairs, back to the 'standard' office. He found Gus still tied up, acting completely calm. The Doctor ignored him and ran straight to the window where Shawn was dangling. Gus hadn't even noticed before.

"Oh my God, Shawn!" he yelled out for his best friend. The Doctor turned back to Gus and quickly untied him, realised that two pairs of hands were better than one. He then opened the window and grabbed hold of Shawn's legs.

"Get off!" Shawn yelled, convinced it was one of the guards.

"Shawn, don't be an idiot" Gus yelled up to his friend. "It's me!" Shawn stopped struggling and let them help him back inside. When he was finally in Gus pulled him in for a big hug. Then, almost immediately, he pushed and shoved him. "Don't you dare do that to me again, Shawn!" Gus yelled.

"Do what?!" Shawn asked, acting innocent.

"Throwing me into those guards! You said you'd come back for me! Instead, this random British guy saves me!"

"Gus, in all fairness, I did come back for you! I'm here aren't I? It's not my fault I almost fell to my death."

"Who are you anyways?" Gus asked, now staring at the stranger.

"Oh, 'ello, I'm the Doctor?" Gus just raised an eyebrow at him.

"Doctor Who?"

"Nono, that's it, just the Doctor."

"I'm going to need to see some ID."

"Gus, come on, don't be the tight ass cashier at the movie theatres-"

"Here you go" The Doctor said, flashing his psychic paper at him. Gus looked impressed but Shawn just stared at it confused.

"Wow… that's incredible…" Gus said in awe.

"What's so incredible about a blank card?" Shawn asked. The Doctor stared at him in amazement.

"You don't see anything?" he asked him.

"No… should I?" The Doctor nodded in approval.

"Good on ya, Shawn. Now come on! We need to get a move on!" and then before Gus even knew what was happening, Shawn and the Doctor were running out of the room. Gus stared after them for exactly 5 seconds before following after them.


The Doctor and Shawn were walking out of Adipose Industries, smiling and laughing. They were just glad to have the nightmare over with and to be reunited again. Gus tailed along, feeling like a third wheel in a very old relationship. Gus hadn't asked about the Doctor. And he didn't plan to. Shawn was already enough for him. He didn't need to deal with any more. And The Doctor somehow achieved the impossible by topping Shawn's level of crazy.

"So what do you say?" The Doctor asked. Gus suddenly zoned back in, realising the Doctor had asked a question and was actually having a conversation.

"Are… Are you serious?" Shawn asked. "I'd love to! I don't believe it, you're actually offering?"

"I offered before, didn't I?"

"Yeah, but, I thought you were just in the heat of the moment!" the Doctor just laughed.

"What? What's going on? What are you getting us into, Shawn?!" Gus asked.

"Gus, relax. The Doctor was just asking if we'd like to travel with him. Come on! How great would that be to add onto our resume? Protectors of Santa Barbara – No, The United States of America – No! The Earth – NAY! The Universe!"

"Shawn, you must be out of your damn mind if you think I'm going off with some guy I just met!"

"He saved your life and about a million Americans. I think we can put him in the trustworthy section of our list."

"No, Shawn. I put my life in enough risk dealing with you every day! I don't need him added on to it! It's just mental!"

"Gus… GUS! Come on!"

"No, Shawn, I'm out of here." The three of them then turned into the ally way where both the Blueberry and the TARDIS were parked. The Doctor stared at them in wonder.

"That is your car?" The Doctor asked.

"My car!" Gus emphasised. "Now, Shawn, are you coming with me, or are you risking your life?"

Shawn stared between his best friend and the Doctor.

"He's right, you know" The Doctor said grimly. "It's not exactly safe traveling with me." Shawn just rolled his eyes.

"I think we established that by now, Doctor."

"The last time… well, lots of people got hurt, Shawn…"

"Fine. Fine, I'll stay" Shawn said glumly. "But what say you give me one last ride? For old times sakes?" The Doctor raised an eyebrow but agreed. "Gus, I'll meet you back at the office, okay?" Gust stared at him oddly as well.

"How-"

"It's a space ship" Shawn said, trying to tempt him. Gus just shook his head.

"Uh-uh! We already established that I'm not going, Shawn. I'll see you at the office!" Gus then squeezed into his car and started to drive away. Shawn followed the Doctor inside the TARDIS.

"aaah! I've missed this place. Sorry about Gus, by the way. I guess some people just can't take it" Shawn said.

"Okay, so… where's the office?" The Doctor asked glumly.

"Oh, not too far from here. But I wouldn't worry about it just yet." The Doctor stared at Shawn again.

"And why not?"

"Well, if I remember correctly, which I think I do, this is a time machine as well, is it not?" the Doctor smiled, catching onto his idea.

"Yes. Yes it is."

"Well, then Gus won't even know I'm gone. We'll just come back to this time. It'll be as if I never left." The Doctor just continued to stare. "I already gave up this opportunity once, Doctor. I'm not going to do it again."

"Fair enough. So where to?"

"I don't care" Shawn said with a smile and the Doctor smiled right back at him.

"ALLONS-Y!"


Don't worry, I haven't written out Gus. I have plans for him.

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