A Town Called Mercy (Part 2)

Jex was standing in front of the desk, Isaac, Rory, and Amy before him, while Evy stood in the doorway to the office, watching for the Doctor.

"It was stupid of me," Jex sighed, "I realize that now. I just thought I'd put you all in enough danger, perhaps if I left..."

"Hello dear," Evy greeted as the Doctor walked up, dropping a kiss to LJ's had and giving Evy a peck, relieved to see they were alright given that they'd been left with Jex.

"He's lying," the Doctor told the humans, "Every word. Everything he says, it's...all...lies," he strode over to Jex, glaring at him, though more angry at himself for leaving his Link and child with such a man than anything, "This man is a murderer."

"I am a scientist!" Jex defended.

"Sit down," Evy ordered, moving in with the Doctor, but Jex remained standing. She glared, using her powers to shove him into the seat behind him.

"Tell them what you are," the Doctor told him.

Jex's eyes narrowed, "What am I? A war hero."

"Ok," Isaac shook his head, "Somebody want to tell me what's going on?"

"I'd like to know that too," Evy muttered, seeing the Doctor getting very worked up over this, even LJ was silent, sensing his father's anger.

"The Gunslinger is a cyborg," the Doctor told them.

"A what?" Isaac frowned.

"Half man, half machine," Evy explained quickly, simply.

The Doctor nodded, "A weapon. Jex built it. He and his team took volunteers, told them they'd be selected for special training, then experimented on them, fused their bodies with weaponry, and programmed them to kill!"

Evy closed her eyes at that, clutching LJ closer. Now she knew why the Doctor was so angry, not only was the process barbaric, completely beneath the Kahler, but…he was starting to think of the people he had adventures with, the people he saved, in terms of family. At first, they were humans who were in danger and needed protection, now though, now they were someone's child, someone's son or daughter, brother or sister, mother or father. Having a child had made him more parental in a universal sense. No longer were they simple, extraordinary, humans, but someone's baby that was in danger.

This man…this doctor…had taken someone's son and turned him into a less-than-human killing machine.

"Ok, why?" Isaac cut into her thoughts, "Why would you do that, doc?"

"We'd been at war for nine years," Jex began, "A war that had already decimated half of our planet. Our task was to bring peace, and we did. We built an army that routed the enemy and ended the war in less than a week. Do you want me to repent?" he turned his gaze back to the Doctor, "To beg forgiveness for saving millions of lives?!"

"And how many died screaming on the operating table before you had FOUND your advantage?!" the Doctor snapped.

Jex glared, "War is another world. You cannot apply the politics of peace to what I did, to what any of us did."

The Doctor shook his head, about to lunge for the man, when Evy pulled him back and over to her, depositing LJ in his arms, knowing his son, even after being born, had an uncanny ability to calm his father just by being in his arms. It was much like how he'd calmed instantly when she'd rest his hand against her stomach, letting him feel LJ kicking, before he'd even been born. He closed his eyes, resting his head to hers as he held LJ between them, breathing deep, hearing a faint clink of LJ's keys.

"But what happened then?" Rory shook his head at Jex, "How come you're here?"

"When the war ended, we had the cyborgs decommissioned. But one of them must have got its circuitry damaged in battle. It went offline and began hunting down the team that created it, until just two of us were left. We fled and our ships crashed here."

Rory glanced at the Doctor, seeing him with his little family, knowing that this whole situation must be hard for both him and Evy, he'd noticed both Time Lords were always more affected when the topic of war was brought up.

"So what do we do with Jex?" Rory asked, turning back to Amy and Isaac.

"What do we do with him?!" Isaac's eyes widened.

"Yeah, I mean he's a war criminal."

"No, he's the guy that saved the town from cholera, the guy that gave us heat and light..."

"Look," Amy cut in, "Jex may be a criminal and yeah, kinda creepy..."

"And still in the room!" Jex huffed.

"But I think we should put aside what he did and find another solution."

"Another solution?" Rory raised HIS eyebrow this time, "It's him or us!"

"When did we start letting people get executed? Did I miss a memo? Doctor," she turned to the trio, "Tell him."

The Doctor looked up as the humans turned to them, "Hmm? Yes. I don't know. Whatever Evy said."

Evy smiled softly, she loved how lost he could get when spending time with his son, "I didn't say anything dear."

"Ah well…" he nodded absently, running a hand through LJ's little bit of hair, "Whatever Amy said then."

LJ looked up at him, Are you ok now daddy?

He smiled, 'Yes boyo,' he told his son, 'I think I'll be ok now.'

Evy had to shake her head fondly at that, pleased that the Doctor had calmed down...

...and then Jex had to open his mouth.

"Looking at you, Doctor," Jex remarked, pulling the Time Lords' attention to him as he cleaned his monocle, "Is like looking into a mirror. Almost. There's rage there, like me. Guilt, like me. Solitude. Everything but the nerve to do what needs to be done. Thank the Gods my people weren't relying on you to save them..."

Evy closed her eyes for only a moment, resisting the urge to face-palm, and quickly took LJ back before the Doctor leapt at Jex, honestly what was with that man not knowing when to stop talking? Was it just an alien doctor thing?

"No," the Doctor grabbed Jex by the front of his shirt, "NO!" he yanked him up, "But these people are!" and shoved him towards the door, "OUT! OUT! OUT!"

"Doctor!" Evy shouted, rushing after him with Isaac, who stopped in the doorway, pointing at Amy and Rory warningly.

Rory put his hands up and Isaac left, Rory turning to stop Amy.

"Oh, you're really letting him do this?" Amy's eyes narrowed.

"Save us all?" Rory said, "Yeah, I really am."

Rory left and Amy rolled her eyes, following after him.

"Ow!" Rory shouted as Amy whacked him in the back of the head as she dashed past him.

~8~

The Doctor shoved Jex through the town, "MOVE!" he shouted as the townsfolk started to peek outside to see what was going on.

"No!" Jex protested.

But the Doctor shoved him on, "MOVE!" he gave the man a firm push, right over the line of the town, watching as the man fell into the dirt. He stormed back to the crowd, only to grab a gun out of a man's holster and aim it at Jex's head, keeping him from returning over the line in a scene far too similar to when he'd been thrown over the line.

"Doctor!" Evy ran up with LJ.

Jex just raised his hands in surrender, "You wouldn't."

The Doctor could only cock the gun, "To keep my son safe," he shook his head, "I genuinely don't know what I would do..."

Jex tensed, he hadn't quite thought of that. By the Doctor and his friends, the woman with the child, being allowed into the town, the Gunslinger threatening to kill people, the man's son had also become a target. And he knew, parents would do anything to keep their children safe.

"Doctor," Isaac rushed up, "Doctor…"

The Doctor turned on Isaac with his gun hand, but Evy rolled her eyes, grabbed a gun off a nearby person, and shot it in the air. The men turned to stare at her, "Are you quite done dear?" she asked the Doctor, unamused, "Or would you like to completely scar our son?"

The Doctor lowered his gun, staring at LJ, realizing what he had been about to do, what he had tried to do to Jex. This was not a lesson he wanted his son to learn ever, it was never ok to sacrifice anyone.

"Good," Evy nodded, gesturing a 'come here' motion with the gun, "Now how about we let him back in?"

He hesitated, "But he…"

"Yes, I'm well aware of what he did," she cut in, handing the gun to Amy to hold, "He committed a crime yes, but you know as well as I that the Kahler prohibit executions of their 'species,'" she used a one-handed air quote, implying that the loophole was that the Kalher scientists clearly didn't see the cyborgs as being their people any longer, "This isn't like the Slitheen," she added, reminding him of a time where he'd agreed to take Margaret back to her planet for execution, "This isn't their law," he nodded, bowing his head, "We'll find another way for justice to be served."

Mummy's very smart, LJ remarked, though he wasn't looking at anything except the keys, sorting through them to see how they were different.

The Doctor smiled at that, "Yes, mummy is very, very smart."

Suddenly a shot went off beside Evy, making her jump, "Sorry!" Amy shouted, the gun Evy had given her pointed at the ground, having gone off, "I didn't mean to do that!" she shot the ground again, "I was trying to uncock the thingy!"

"Ok," Isaac turned to Amy, "Everyone who isn't an American, drop your gun!"

The Doctor stepped closer to Evy, shaking his head, the gun still in his hand, "We could end this right now though," he said softly, so torn between her words and the evil he'd seen Jex do to his own people, "We could save everyone right now."

"Saving anyone through the murder of another is never the way," she shook her head gently, reaching out to put a hand on his cheek.

"What's happened to you?" Amy asked him softly, having never heard him so willing to hand someone over to their death before, "When did killing someone become an option?"

"Jex HAS to answer for his crimes," the Doctor looked over at her.

"And what then? You going to hunt down everyone who's made a gun, a bullet, or a bomb?"

"They keep coming back, Amy," he shook his head, speaking resignedly, "Don't you see? Every time I negotiate, I try to understand…and people get hurt. People die!" he shook his head more violently this time, "What would happen if I decided to honor the victims first? His, the Master's, the Daleks', all the people who died because I showed them mercy?" he blinked, tears in his eyes, "Would that really be so bad? Amy…all those victims…they were someone's child. There are people out there mourning the loss of their daughters, of their sons, because of men like Jex."

Amy nodded, seeing why this was getting to him so badly, "But isn't Jex someone's son too?" she countered, startling him, "And that's why we can't be like him. We have to be better than him."

Evy smiled, "Well said Amy."

"Amelia Pond..." the Doctor had to smile as well, before sighing, "Fine. Fine..." he nodded, "We think of something else," he handed the gun back to the man he'd taken it from before turning to Jex, waving him back, "Jex, move over the line. Now."

Jex however, tensed, feeling the Gunslinger teleport behind him. He turned to see the gun of the cybrog pointed at his head.

"Make peace with your gods," the Gunslinger grumbled.

"Kahler-Tek, isn't it?" Jex spoke softly, "I remember all your names, even now. Please. I'd never hurt anyone again. I'm even helping people here."

"Last chance. Make peace with your gods," his gun whirred, powering up a blast…

When Isaac ran out and shoved Jex to the side with a cry of, "No!" getting hit instead, Evy quickly having turned and shielded LJ from the sight.

The Doctor rushed over and knelt beside Isaac, checking on him, while Evy tried to soothe the baby who had started crying again at the sound of the blast and the violent move, "Isaac! Isaac, Isaac, it's ok, it's ok. It's ok, we can get you to Jex's surgery, he can save you…"

"Listen to me," Isaac shook his head, gripping the Doctor's hand, "You've got to stay, you've got to look after everyone."

"It won't come to that, Isaac."

"Protect Jex. Protect my town," he winced, "You're both good men...you just forget it sometimes..." and with one final breath, he passed.

The Doctor pulled his hand away to see Isaac had given him his marshal's badge. He pinned it to his lapel and stood, glancing at the shocked townsfolk and then to Evy and LJ, the former of which had been able to distract LJ with the keys he'd been playing with before, calming him.

"Take Jex to his cell," the Doctor ordered the men, tapping his badge like Isaac had, "If anything happens to him, you'll have me to answer to," he watched as Jex was escorted away before facing the Gunslinger, "This has gone on long enough."

"You are right," the cyborg aimed his gun at the Doctor, making him and Evy tense, LJ just shaking his keys, distracted by the funny noise, "You've got until noon tomorrow. Give him to me, or I'll kill you all," and with that, he turned and teleported out.

The Doctor sighed before turning, Evy walking up to him as he hugged her and LJ close, checking to make sure the boy was truly alright and not scared or scarred for life. But he just gurgled happily and reached out trying to tug on the shiny star on his father's coat.

"Oh, my God," Amy breathed, "You're the marshal."

He smirked, "Yeah, well, meet my deputy," he tugged on LJ's hat, tipping it at Amy.

"Really?" Evy raised an eyebrow, "Are we going to have to do this again?"

He just looked at her, confused.

She stepped back and held up LJ for him to see, the boy grinning and laughing, shaking the keys excitedly.

Jingle, jingle, jingle…he was repeating every time the keys tinkled.

"Right…" the Doctor nodded his head, the boy probably wasn't old enough to be the deputy just yet, "Sorry boyo, best give it another couple years," he snatched the boy's free hand in his, dropping a little kiss to it in apology, only for LJ to grab his nose.

Nancy was right, LJ giggled, squeezing the Doctor's nose, thinking about that story his parents had told him, Your nose is REALLY big!

"Oi!" the Doctor tried to huff, but it came out nasally and high.

Not as big as your chin though...LJ eyed his father's chin too, Am I going to have a chin that big when I get older daddy?

He recalled that he'd seen his older self one time, when they'd taken River Song to Calderon Beta, but he'd been only a few weeks old and he hadn't been very close to the man, he wasn't sure. It didn't LOOK big, but his mummy always said that he was just like his daddy...and then his eyes widened in horror...

What about my ears!? I don't want Dumbo ears!

The Doctor just laughed at that, well, tried to, he tended to laugh through his nose which was difficult with his son holding it.

"Amy," Evy smirked, looking at the ginger, gently reaching out to pry LJ's hand off his father's nose, the Doctor rubbing it and wiggling it, "Ever been a deputy when you were a kiss-o-gram?"

Amy just smiled.

~8~

That night Jex was standing in his cell of the marshal's office, the Doctor sitting just outside it, leaning on a railing with his arm around Evy, LJ between them, squirming, complaining his costume was itching him, though both his parents knew it was a ploy to get him changed out of it. Rory and Amy were sitting at the desk when a knock sounded.

"Come in!" the Doctor glanced over.

The preacher stepped in, removing his hat, "Marshal..." he nodded in greeting at him, then Evy, "Ma'am," and LJ, "Son," and Amy, "Deputy," and finally hesitating on Rory, having run out of words, "Fella," before turning back to the Doctor, "You need to come outside."

"What happend now?" Evy rolled her eyes, humans, always getting into trouble, they were almost as bad as the Doctor...almost...

"Just…come outside. And you should put that on," he nodded the Doctor at a holster with a gun hanging on a hook.

The Doctor glanced at Evy who nodded, even if he wouldn't use it, he could make a show of wearing it. He moved over and put it on, before stepping out with the small group.

Outside there was a group of townsfolk seemingly divided in two sections, the men on the right, with the young man at the head of them, and some women with the bartender leading them.

The Doctor hooked his thumbs around his belt, "What's going on?"

The young man stepped forward, nervous, "He in there? Leave the keys and take a walk with your wife and kid. Time you get back, this'll all be done."

He shook his head, "I promised Isaac I'd protect him."

"Protecting him got Isaac dead. Tomorrow it's going to get us all dead."

"We thought Isaac was right to fight," a second man stepped up, "But it's different now. We've got to say, 'Alright, we lost,' and give that thing what it wants."

The Doctor neared the edge of the porch as the bartender spoke, "What it wants is to kill our friend."

"Look," the young man said to her, "We don't got ill feelin' toward the doc, we just thinkin' 'bout our families," he glanced at the Doctor, "You can understand that sir," he nodded at LJ, "Hand him over and we all safe again."

The Doctor tensed at the mention of the danger to his son, so Evy stepped beside him, "He won't do that," she told the crowd, "I won't let him."

He let out a little breath at that, smiling thankfully at Evy for saying it, for reminding him he wasn't the only one who thought Jex should live.

"Then we got us a problem," the young man pushed back his coat to show them his own holster.

'Is he serious?' Evy called in the Doctor's mind, though her tone clearly implied that she didn't believe the boy would ever use the gun or ever had.

But still, to be safe, since the boy was threatening his Link and child, the Doctor lifted the corner of his jacket to show his holster, "Please don't do this."

"Why?" the boy swallowed hard, "Reckon you're quicker than me?"

"Almost certainly not. But this…lynch mobs, the town turning against itself…this is everything Isaac didn't want," the boy drew his gun, "How old are you?"

"Nearly 19."

"So 18?" Evy shook her head.

The Doctor stepped down the stairs slowly, not wanting to startle the boy, "Too young to have fought in the war, so I'm guessing you've never shot anyone before, have you?"

"First time for everything," the boy replied, cocking the gun.

"But that's how all this started. Jex turned someone into a weapon. Now that same story is going to make you a killer too. Don't you see? Violence doesn't end violence, it extends it. I don't think you want to do this. I don't think you want to become that man."

"There's kids here. Your own kid's here…"

"I know," he swallowed hard, "Believe me, I know. But they are children who we can save, if you'll let me and Evy help."

"He really worth the risk?"

"I don't know. But you are."

The young man slowly lowered his gun and walked off, the men following as the rest of the groups drifted off, back to their homes.

The Doctor shuddered and looked at Evy, "Frightened people," he walked over to LJ who was shaking his keys in excitement, he loved his daddy's epic speeches, "Give me a Dalek any day eh?" he tickled LJ's chin, making him laugh, before entering the marhsal's office with Evy, the humans staying outside to make sure the last of the groups left.

The Doctor glanced at Jex, sitting in his cell, before moving to remove his holster when the undertaker stepped up with a steaming cup, "Fresh coffee, marshal. For what it's worth, I know you're going to save us. Isaac made you marshal for a reason, and if you're good enough for him, you're good enough for me. Reckon you should know that."

"Thank you," he toasted with the cup, taking a sip before leaning on the railing, resting his head against Evy's…till he felt the undertaker trying to measure his shoulders again, "Oi!" he waved the man away, "Get out of it!"

The undertaker shrugged and left, Evy pulling the Doctor's Stetson off to drop a kiss to his forehead, knowing this whole thing was giving him a headache.

"Let me guess," Jex remarked, "The good folk of Mercy wanted me to take a little stroll into the desert. You could turn a blind eye. No one would blame you. You'd be a hero."

"But I can't, can I?!" the Doctor turned and walked over to the cell, Evy stepping around the railing to lean against it, watching, "Because then Isaac's death would mean nothing! Just another casualty in your endless, bloody war! That is not something I will expose my child to!" he watched as Jex turned to lie down on his cot, "Do you want me to hand you over?! Is that what you want?! Do you even know?!" he turned away in frustration, moving over to Evy who silently handed him LJ.

"You think I'm unaffected by what I did? " Jex turned his head to glare at them, "That I don't hear them screaming every time I close my eyes?" before propping himself up, "It would be so much simpler if I was just one thing, wouldn't it? The mad scientist who made that killing machine, or the physician who has dedicated his life to serving this town. The fact that I'm both bewilders you."

"You are so full of yourself you know that?" Evy shook her head at him, this time being the one to move to the cell, "We know exactly who and what you are. And this," she gestured around, "What you're trying to do for this town, it's not you trying to get back to the goodness in you, helping people, no this is how you choose to serve out your punishment for what you did to your own people. That's not the way justice works. It isn't up to YOU how your debt is paid. It's up to those you've harmed, and, unfortunately for you, he wants you dead and my Link is tasked with keeping you alive," she leaned forward, "The Doctor may not know what he'd do to protect our son, but I will do anything. Keep pushing me and I will let him hand you over to Tek."

The Doctor just stepped closer to her, reaching out to take her hand, tugging her back, knowing she was starting to get irritated again. Now that the Gunslinger had made such a threat to everyone in the town, and that included their son, and she was not at all happy that Jex had brought it upon them.

"In my culture," Jex murmured after a moment, sitting up, "We believe that, when you die, your spirit has to climb a mountain, carrying the souls of everyone you wronged in your lifetime. Imagine the weight I will have to lift," the Time Lords looked at him, "The monsters I created, the people they killed. Isaac. He was my friend. Now his soul will be in my arms, too. Can you see now why I fear death? You want to hand me over. There's no shame in that. But you won't. We all carry our prisons with us. Mine is my past, yours is your morality," he laid back down.

"'We all carry our prisons with us,'" the Doctor scoffed silently, "Ha..."

"Dear, hush," Evy said quietly. He looked at her confused, only for her to nod at his arms where LJ had fallen asleep to the sound of his hearts beating, making him smile and drop a kiss to LJ's head.

~8~

The next day the Doctor was standing, alone, in the center of town, before the bank, having insisted Evy stay with Amy in dealing with Jex. Their plan, what they were going to do, what the man had tried last time he'd tried to escape, he needed someone there to deal with Jex should he try to attack Amy. He cracked his neck as the clock tower behind him tolled noon.

~8~

Evy stood before the window of the marshal's office with LJ in her arms, staring at the clock, Jex behind her, sitting on the cot of his cell. She took a breath, hearing a buzz, knowing the Gunslinger had teleported in. Jex stood and gripped the bars of his cell while Amy glanced at the keys in her hand.

Is daddy going to be ok mummy? LJ asked her.

"He better be," she muttered, "Or I'll kill him."

~8~

The Doctor watched as the Gunslinger stepped closer to him, his hand resting by his gun, both of them ready for a 'showdown' as the bell finished tolling. The Gunslinger lifted his gun, the Doctor quickly pulling out his sonic and holding it high, switching it on. The high-pitched noise resonated everywhere, making the cyborg groan in pain as the windows around them shattered. The Doctor ducked to the side as the man began to fire everywhere and ran for cover.

~8~

"Now," Evy called to Amy who quickly made her way to the cell, sticking a key in and letting Jex out.

Evy watched from the window as men began to dash all over the place, each with a copy of Jex's tattoo painted on their faces, spotting Rory among them.

She held her breath as the Gunslinger hesitated, seeming, despite his threat, to not want to kill anyone who wasn't exactly Jex, who had run out the back door, on his way to make it to his ship and escape.

~8~

The Doctor looked out of the saloon, where he was getting his face painted by the bartender, at the sound of an explosion. He ran out, nearly running over Jex in the process, the man having stopped as well, "Go!" he shoved Jex on, "Just GO! I can't save them while you're here!" before running off to the church where the explosion had come from as Jex took off.

He dashed into the Gunslinger's line of fire as the man called, "Deactivate automatic targeting. Switch to manual."

He held up his hands, seeing the man ready to fire, spotting Evy and Amy step out of the marshal's office at his distress, Evy handing LJ to Amy so she could help if he needed it.

"Where is he?" the Gunslinger demanded.

"Gone," Evy called, wanting desperately to get the attention off the Doctor.

"WHERE?!" the Gunslinger turned on her, the Doctor rushing around to stand before the woman, shielding them, "ANSWER ME!"

"Away from here," he replied, "Look up. Any second now you'll see the vapor trail of his ship. This is their home, not the backdrop for your revenge! Look up. Go after him, take this battle away from..."

There was a sudden squeal of static over the speakers of the town as Jex's voice spoke, "Kahler-Tek. Kahler-Tek."

"Jex..." the Gunslinger spun around, "Coward! Where are you?!"

"I'm in my ship."

"Jex, what are you doing?" the Doctor shouted, "Just GO!"

"Where are you from?" Jex ignored him, "Where on Kahler?"

"Now? You're asking him this NOW?!"

"Gabrean," the cyborg answered.

"I know it," Jex said quietly, "It's beautiful there. When this is over, will you go back?"

"How can I? I am a monster now."

"So am I."

"Jex just go!" Evy called, moving down the steps of the marshal's office and to the Doctor's side, "Leave!"

"I will find you!" the Gunslinger warned him, "If I have to tear this Universe apart, I will find you."

"I don't doubt that," Jex sighed, "You'll chase me to another planet...and another race will be caught in the crossfire."

"THEN FACE ME!"

There was the sound of buttons being pushed before the computer of Jex's ship announced, "Countdown to self-destruct resumed."

"FACE ME!"

Jex took a breath, "No. You've killed enough. I'm ending the war for you, too."

"Countdown to self-destruct resumed," the computer repeated.

"What's going on?" the Doctor demanded, "That countdown! What's going ON!? JEX!"

"Thank you, Doctor," Jex said softly, "But I have to face the souls of those I wronged. Perhaps they will be kind."

"Three," the computer began to count down, "Two, one. Zero."

In the distance they could see smoke rising as an explosion sounded. Jex had blown up his ship. The Doctor shook his head and looked at Evy who could only frown, luckily LJ was with Amy, inside the marshal's office where she'd run with the boy when the Gunslinger had turned his weapon on Evy.

"He behaved with honor at the end," the Gunslinger bowed his head, "Maybe more than me."

Evy glanced at him, "If you'd like, we can take you home, back to Kahler. I imagine they'd need help building up after your war."

The Gunslinger shook his head, walking away, "I will walk into the desert and self-destruct. I am a creature of war. I have no role to play during peace."

"Except maybe to protect it?" the Doctor suggested as the townsfolk slowly started to move out of their homes, watching as the Gunslinger stopped, considering that.

~8~

Later that day the TARDIS had been moved to the middle of the street of Mercy, the Doctor stepping out of the saloon with Evy, LJ in her arms, Amy and Rory following after.

"Ok, so, our next trip," the Doctor began, "You know all the monkeys and dogs they sent into space in the '50s and '60s? You'll never guess what really happened to them!"

Can I have a space monkey? LJ asked, starting to squirm excitedly.

Evy rolled her eyes and smacked the Doctor on the back of the head for giving their son that idea, "No," she told the boy.

"Erm...could we leave it a while?" Amy asked hesitatntly, "Our friends will start noticing that we're ageing faster than them."

The Doctor nodded, smiling as he listened to LJ go on about how he wanted to meet the space monkeys, "Another time!" he agreed, clapping his hands, "No worries!"

Do space monkeys eat bananas or space bananas? LJ wondered as Evy opened the door to the TARDIS and stepped in, Amy and Rory behind her. The Doctor paused in the doorway, glancing at the young man from earlier, both of them 'drawing' at each other, the Doctor getting the young man.

The boy laughed and tipped his hat at the Doctor, who gave him a small salute and followed the others into the TARDIS, the box disappearing moments later.

A/N: Jingle, jingle, jingle... lol :) I have fond memories of my sister as a baby being amused by jingling keys :)

Next chapter...LJ gets upset and UNIT is involved :( Evy seems to share similar opinions of Twitter as Clara. And what's this? The Doctor has a job?!

Some notes on reviews...

Lol, yup, I'm back! I hope this story lives up to expectations! :)

Oh there will definitely be more chapter themed outfits, LJ will actually develop a thing about it in TBOSJ that greatly amuses Evy.

Lol, the drooled-on sonic might just appear. I can say there will be a scene where the Doctor actually lets LJ hold/use his sonic (shh! Don't tell Evy!) and I could see the boy ending up chewing on it in the process ;)