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Mickey woke up to a sight he was reluctantly getting accustomed to: the fuzzy outline Doctor and Rose as they peered down at him in concern.
"Whuh...?" he said eloquently.
"He's fine." The Doctor straightened up with a grimace.
"Thanks very much," said Mickey, or at least tried to. What actually came out of his mouth was: "Thunks vury mush."
"Oh, come here," Rose hugged him tight as the Doctor strolled out of view.
"What happened?" Mickey asked, managing to form actual words this time.
"The Doctor said there was some leftover psychic energy that sort of, bubbled, as we trapped the Gonlang in that silver egg thing." Rose told him.
"I actually think I explained it a bit better than that, thanks," the Doctor called. Rose grinned.
"So it knocked us all out? What about Tituba? And Parris?"
"They'll be fine." The Doctor reappeared. "They'll wake up in a few hours with a headache and a gift for languages they didn't have two days ago, but they'll be fine."
"But...won't that look a bit suspicious?" asked Mickey, as Rose helped him to his feet.
"Nah. Tituba's foreign, and Parris is a man of God. It's amazing what people will turn a blind eye to if you give them a vague enough explanation. Now stop prattling and give me a hand, will you?"
He gestured behind him, to where Parris's limp form was still sprawled on the floor of the TARDIS. The Doctor was already scooping Betty into his arms, leaving Rose and Mickey to handle the heavy man. Tituba was already gone; presumably the others had moved her while they were waiting for Mickey to regain consciousness.
"But what happens when they wake up?" Mickey fretted as he draped one of Parris's arms across his shoulders to lift him.
"Most likely Parris won't remember anything – or just enough to pass it off as a particularly vivid dream. But Tituba was exposed to the threat for far longer. Then again, I don't think she'll be much of a problem."
"What do you mean?" Rose helped Mickey heave Parris onto his feet, staggering slightly under his dead weight, and they began to drag him towards the door of the TARDIS.
"You'll see," the Doctor winked cryptically before bobbing out of the door, Betty in tow. Rose sighed, and the two companions followed, hauling Parris with difficulty into Salem's hazy pre-dawn.