"Paul!"
That was the first word which broke the stunned silence in the TARDIS when Paul switched the watch of invisibility off.
"Forget about me, Fivey", she droned, her palm on her chest again, as if it was going to help to tame her heart. "What's with him?"
"Orange juice, Decarde-Lombardi spiral, sticks for football... Bzzzzzt!"
The Doctor - Skasis must have deactivated all the perception filters - stood straight (before he had been supported by Jenny and Hamish), visibly not minding that he was wearing nothing apart from Kaster's coat used wrongly. Better than nothing at all anyway... The remaining part of the umbilical cord, now dried and useless, like that kind that newborn kittens sometimes have, fell off in a few seconds.
"Who taught you to use unchecked items, Steamer?" he asked.
"Who taught you not to tell about them?" Paul retorted.
Johnny-Jimmy - still in his adult form - interfered before someone else from those who were mostly sitting, leaning on the walls (Erfin, perhaps), would add more:
"Doctor-daddy, can you help me?"
"Cunning devils", the Doctor summed up, having examined the wrist of his charge. "This chip is joined with veins, so it can result in a serious blood loss if you try to delete it by yourself... Never mind it, we'll fix you as soon as possible. And whom do we have here? Oooh, Hamish! I remember you. How's it going?"
Hamish showed him two thumbs up.
"Young River and Jamie! No exclusions from the rules!" The Doctor gazed at them lovingly (Rhodie had a suspicion that he was envious about River's ginger hair color). "And who might you two be?" This was addressed to Erfin and Lionel, who were observing the inner world of TARDIS and didn't react immediately.
"I'm Erfin", the girl finally replied, having calmed down. "I-I-I've never been here, but I know this place... How can this be?"
"Perhaps it's genetic memory, Erfin", Skasis explained. "Just like with me. I've got memories of Rhodes, Kas and Alice".
"Genetic memory? Whose genetic memory?.." The Doctor stared at Erfin, who pouted her lips. "Oh god. Erfin... Ere - fin... Until the end..."
"Guessed right, Doctor", Alice approved. "Erfin and Lionel Temple".
While the discussion was going on, Paul was attempting to deactivate the chip in Johnny-Jimmy's wrist with the sonic cane. The trouble was in frequency: she couldn't find the needed combination of settings.
"Oh no-no-no-no-no!" The Doctor darted to them as soon as he saw that. "This is not done this way. Allow me".
"Is that a boy or a girl anyway?" Lionel whispered to Rhodie.
"The second version. Her name's Paul".
"McCartney, blast it". Erfin rolled her eyes.
"Another proof", the Doctor muttered - he almost figured out the needed combination. "Sharp tongue and sneaky eyes... I knew this complex would hold lots of incredible things, but I didn't foresee the coming of two little Beatles".
Alice and Kaster snorted with laughter. Jamie and Lionel with their dark hair of middle length (almost reaching their chins and with thick fringes), round faces and chocolate brown eyes really held resemblance to the members of the world-famous band without realizing it. But Jenny didn't get the core of joke:
"I don't think they look like bugs".
"And who might... oh..."
Most of the kids turned away - some to hide their wrinkling faces (like Lionel and Hamish), some not to see the possible confusion (Rhodie and Five). Luckily the heartful embrace of the reunited didn't result in anything wrong.
