New-New-New-New-New-York
"I can't believe I'm doing this." Sheldon mumbled as they made their way to the Slippers' headquarters, disguised as a coffee shop. Of course! Why wouldn't the Slippers' headquarters be disguised as a coffee shop?!
"Sheldon, do you wanna get home?" Penny asked, simply.
"Yes of course I do but-"
"Then shut your pie hole and follow my lead." Penny interrupted. Sheldon hated it when she did that. Nobody interrupted him except for Penny.
They had entered the coffee shop and were now on their way to the back, where Charlotte had said there was some kind of button that would lead them to their destination. Sheldon was scared, even though he'd never let it show. Well, not intentionally.
"There's the button!"
They were in the back of the store where nobody could see them. Rather smart for a secret entrance, Sheldon thought. He wondered if the coffee shop was even aware of this 'secret passage.'
Penny pressed the button. A gap appeared in the wall as if it had always been there. Sheldon decided he didn't need to understand how, because he had more important things to do. Hmm, maybe they had deciphered the code of-, NO. He wouldn't become obsessed with figuring it out. How Howard and Raj would be laughing at home. Sheldon despised being in the future.
"Sheldon, are you coming?"
Sheldon snapped back to reality. "Uhm... Yes, of course I am!" He reluctantly left the cosy coffee shop. He hated this.
The door/gap led to a dark hall. Sheldon found himself grabbing Penny's arm like his life depended on it.
"Who's coming around?" Penny teased with a light chuckle.
"Shut up this isn't personal," Sheldon hissed back. It definetely wasn't.
"Let's just get this over with."
They kept walking in the darkness, Sheldon still gripping Penny's arm tightly. Then another door appeared. The tight grip became a death-grip.
"Stop holding me so tight!" Penny squeaked. It didn't help. "Oh for god's sake!" Penny was tired of this. "Let's just get it over with!" She smiled despite the situation. "That means you have to act tough," she said. Sheldon seemed to take the hint. He let go of her arm and took a deep breath.
"You're telling me?" His voice seemed cool. Whack-a-doodle. And with those words they entered the room behind the door, looking tough as hell of course! They were becoming assassins after all.
Pasadena, Bar
Rose giggled. "You can't be serious!"
"I am!" Amy began giggling as well, realising what she'd just said and how crazy it was."I am in a relationship in which the agreement is to only hold hands if one is falling off a cliff or as moral support during flu-shots!" They broke into hysterical laughter.
"Girl, you need to find a guy who wants the same stuff you do." Rose said, a bit more serious.
"I know. But sometimes I think I could make him change."
Rose took a sip of her beer. "I don't know… That guy seems pretty weird."
"Yeah..." Amy agreed. "Do you know what? I do need someone new! My boyfriend and my best friend take off without telling me, and I'm supposed to be okay with that?"
"No!" Rose grinned.
"To the power of independence!"
"Yay!" Rose chimed in. They both laughed.
"No seriously, do you think anything's gonna happen?" Rose asked, sipping her beer. Amy didn't quite understand. "With Sheldon and Penny," Rose said, clarifying her question.
"Sheldon? Never, ever! He'd rather be struck by lightning than touch anyone! Especially a girl!"
Rose giggled. "So, d'ya think you should try someone here?" Some more giggles.
"Who?" Amy almost whispered, suddenly a bit nervous.
"Oh don't worry we'll go together! I'll be your wingman." Rose said. "Or girl!" They both laughed till their bellies hurt. Somehow everything seemed funny. And everybody seemed cute…
After some time Amy and Rose had chosen their 'victims.' Two guys sitting at a table in the back of the bar. Showtime! They went up to the guys, getting their attention.
"I don't know the protocol here, but you better call me when this is all over."
Rose chuckled. God Amy was straight forward! The two guys stared at them making it a bit awkward.
"What Amy meant to say was hi." Rose grinned.
"Yes, somehow the alcohol has made me nervous." Amy giggled.
The guys just kept staring. "Are you statues?" Rose started waving her hand in front of their eyes, like one does when one wants to get someone's attention. The biggest of the guys took a big sip of his beer.
"No, we're just trying figure out a way to tell you that we're gay." And with those words he began making out with the smaller guy.
"That's so hot!" Amy exclaimed, whilst Rose laughed so hard she thought she might pass out. Amy joined in on the laughter. And eventually the guys did as well.
"You don't beat around the bush!" The small guy chuckled. "My name's Brad, this is Jeremy." He sounded like Rose's friend back in London, causing Rose to giggle even more.
"Sit down," Jeremy clapped the seats next to him. They did.
New-New-New-New-New-York
"Who are you and why are you here?" A tall thin guy behind the desk asked. Sheldon didn't like the man, partly because his desk was too brobdingnagian.
"We're here to become assassins." Penny sounded oddly sure of herself, a confidence Sheldon didn't have at the moment. Bizarre, he thought. He always used to be so big-mouthed. That's one of the things he found so loveable about himself.
The tall guy gave Penny and Sheldon a once-over. Like he was evaluating them with his eyes. Especially Penny…
"And what makes you think you have what it takes?" He kept 'evaluating' Penny. Sheldon didn't like it.
Penny stood her ground. "Because we want a cause. And since we have nothing to lose but so much to gain, we thought we'd try our luck. You won't be disappointed." Penny followed the plan they'd made merely hours before. The tall guy finally looked away from Penny and onto Sheldon.
"And what makes you think I'm not already disappointed?"
Was Sheldon supposed to answer that? Sheldon felt like the room just became 100 degrees hotter.
"Let us try." He heard himself say. Weird how steady he sounded compared to the storm raging inside of him.
"Very well." The tall guy stood up suddenly, almost causing Sheldon to leap back behind Penny.
"You will each get yourself cleaned up and ready. You are of course not allowed any weapons, or we will…" The man paused as his lips twitched upwards. "Take care of you."
A door opened, again from what seemed to be out of no where, on their left. Sheldon was mildly surprised he hadn't had a heart attack yet.
"There will be a map. Make sure you meet up in room 18C in half an hour for your first part of training." Sheldon followed Penny as she went through the door/hole.
This plan had better work, he thought.
Pasadena
Rose was sleeping when the Doctor got up and went into the living room. He was a bit disappointed, not only that she was sleeping but that she was sleeping on the couch. But it was okay. He looked at the clock. 12.20.
Knowing Rose had to wake up sooner or later, he decided to hurry up the process with some beans on toast. Rose's favourite. And just as predicted, Rose woke up not too long after. "What's that smell?" The Doctor smiled.
"It's nothing… You know… Just beans on toast, nothing special!" He grinned. "Fancy some?" Rose sleepily sat up in the couch.
"Ohhh… I don't feel so good." She rubbed her eyes. "I have a hangover."
"Do you remember what happened?" The Doctor said as he poured the beans onto their plates. Rose squinted her eyes as if she was trying to see something, when in fact, she was trying to remember something.
"Oh that's right! I played Halo with the guys across the hall and on my way to here I bumped into Amy. So we went out for drinks, yeah? And we had a blast!" The Doctor sat down next to her. "That sounds nice!" He passed her her plate. Mmmmm, beans on toast!
"It really was!" Rose said, mouth full. "I laughed so much. Oh, and we ran into these two gay guys, they were so funny!" She paused to drink some milk. "You should have been there!" She hugged him.
When they finally pulled apart they were both grinning.
"So how're ya felling?" Rose asked suddenly. She almost forgot he'd been 'sick'.
"Oh I'm fine, no worries." The Doctor reassured.
(Later)
Rose picked up the bills.
"Eh Doctor? How long do you think it'll be before they come back? 'Cos we might have to get jobs."
The Doctor's eyes grew wide. "Noo…"
Rose laughed. "I told you this day would come! 'Member?"
He did. Back on Satan's pit. At least he didn't have to get a mortgage since he already they had an apartment… And it could be a lot worse! He could be here without Rose. Now that would be unbearable.
Rose continued laughing. The Doctor joined in.
"We're okay. We'll be able to pay the bill easily if we both get ourselves working. They'll be back before we know it." Rose talked, mostly to herself.
The Doctor got up from the couch and gave her a big, tight hug. He reckoned she needed it.
"Rose Tyler. We'll always be okay." He said.
New-New-New-New-New-York
They ended up in a tiny apartment, if you could call it that. It was just three rooms.
Two bathrooms, obviously meant for them to get 'cleaned up in,' and a hallway in which the map was. Penny sighed as soon as the door closed behind them. Everything was, so far, according to plan.
"Phew." Penny sighed. She looked up where Sheldon stood next to her. He looked even more nervous than she felt. Poor Sheldon.
"Now all we need to do is find the hostage room Charlotte's dad's in on the map." Penny wasn't sure she could remember it but she counted on Sheldon for that stuff.
"Of course." Sheldon seemed as nonchalant as ever.
"Do you remember the number?"
"Penny…" Sheldon gave her his usual condescending glare.
"I'm sorry! But you're nervous and it would be perfectly norma-"
"I'm not nervous!"
"Sheldon it's oka-"
"I'm not nervous!" Sheldon interrupted for the second time.
"Fine, sorry! What's the number then?" Whack-a-doodle, Penny thought.
"54D," Sheldon said. Penny went to check on the map. It took a while to find since there were like a gazillion numbers, but in the end Penny found it. In the cellar. Great!
"It's in the cellar. We better hurry. I don't want to stick around here for a second longer than I have to." Sheldon agreed with Penny. Everything about this place seemed wrong. Even the smell. Seemed robotic. Sheldon never thought he'd see that as a negative thing, but in this context, it made him nervous.
Sheldon took a moment to access the situation. Everything was going according to plan. They had gone to the coffee shop, just like Charlotte had told them to. Sheldon checked his back pocket. Yep, the dart gun was still there. Charlotte had insisted on a real gun, but Sheldon and Penny had refused. They had therefore compromised on a dart-gun.
Charlotte had told them about the dark hall and the white door leading into the room with the tall guy behind the desk. She'd never known his name, Charlotte had explained, but he had become her trainer.
Then, after they'd told him they wanted to become assassins, they'd been led into a tiny apartment. Just like Charlotte had said. Now they needed to find her father and get the hell out of there.
From what Sheldon had heard, he did not want to stick along for the 'training.' Charlotte had explained how hard it was. For hours they would just beat you up. And if you cried, begged for mercy or withdrew your application for becoming an assassin, they'd kill you. You were, after all, dispensable. And the secret organisation had to stay a secret.
Charlotte had only discovered it because she saw a poster in an alley asking if anyone was interested in money. She never knew what she would be getting into.
"Sheldon..?" Penny waved her hand in front of Sheldon's eyes. His eyes regained focus as he looked at her. "Are you ready?" She asked.
Sheldon swallowed the fear of getting caught.
"Always." He said.
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