A/N: Hey everybody. No I'm not back. This is a piece that just needed to be written and held my muse hostage. Anywho it's probably AU by now and there is still no sign of Being Human coming back to Australia (to the lovely reviewer who suggested TV Shack or another similar site, thanks for the offer but my parents would kill me for blowing our download limit). Just consider this a brief revisit. Also this is way over the limit. Think of it as compensation for the long hiatus.
Years.
1917
Sometimes Mitchell looked back and wondered what would have happened if he hadn't stumbled across Herrick at that feeding ground.
1929
Mitchell opened the paper to find the leading story was the Saint Valentine's Day massacre. It gave him a wonderful idea.
1936
The day Edward stepped down Herrick took Mitchell aside and whispered in his ear 'One day, when I step down, you will be King.'
1942
Mitchell struggled to suppress a laugh. 'Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine'? Who wrote that stuff?
1964
Shirley was the first human Mitchell ever let live to tell. Josie was the second. But unlike Shirley, Josie came back.
1977
Mitchell rode through London on a silver double-decker bus. Herrick still reigned. And Mitchell wasn't sure he wanted the crown anymore.
1981
Mitchell didn't realise it at the time, but this year would change his life forever. This was the year George was born. Four years later Annie would complete the trio.
1990
The news called it Battle of Trafalgar. Mitchell scoffed at the suggestion. He knew what a real battle was. However in the anarchy were opportunities waiting to be taken.
2001
When he had seen Space Oddessy, Mitchell had been sure that humanity would be flying to Jupiter by now. Not into buildings. Life didn't matter to humans, why should it matter to him?
2008
Sometimes Mitchell looked back and wondered what would have happened if he hadn't stumbled across George in that alleyway.